Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/November 2024

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November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 4

1. Five questions

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 6

1. "Only emergency exit"

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 7

1. Aqua vitae in Greek

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 9

1. Russian sectors?

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 10

1. the χ from nowhere

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 15

1. Is this OVS
2. What's this Australian word: a "muster"?
3. When a word should sound like another word, and people start saying it that way

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 21

1. How common are long vowels in super-closed syllables?

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 22

1. language-correct description of size classes in statistical tables

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 25

1. Adverb More Common Than Adjective Form

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 26

1. Seremtrog na-kiskaa shinjerak

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 27

1. Spanish diphthongs

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 28

1. Clock questions
2. Besides "occasion" and "equation," what other word pairs sound somewhat similar enough that foreigners may intend to pronounce one word but pronounce a whole 'nother word by mispronouncing what they had intended?

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 November 29

1. I hate modern music