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September 1
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- "were quit"
- "[Color] [Article of Clothing]" as a euphemism for cuckoldry
- Is this Hindi Translation correct?
- German translations
- Definition of expression
- Awoken or awakened?
- Rhode Island
- Official UN languages
- Gender in German
- PAST PRESENT FUTURE (English)
- Fricatives - mixed voicing
- Roman naming
September 2
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- English accent
- Gerunds and pronouns: "his being" or "him being"
- Banana
- Is it ever right to use sensitive as a noun?
- Title of the Russian civl servant of the lowest order
September 3
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September 4
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- Initial confusion
- Can the verb "to be" be followed by a gerund?
- Word for giving up of some rights upon joining the military
September 5
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September 6
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September 7
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- What language is this in?
- Difference between agglutinative and isolating languages
- Languages of Austria-Hungary
- Need English translation of Latin (?) paragraph
- Golf Course Humor
- Possessive form
- Rules on emphasizing punctuation
- origin of word
- Latin words please
- Translation help please
September 8
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- Chinese sentence translation assistance please.
- Brackets
- women, woven
- german names, meanings
- Grammar check
- Cordycepin pronounciation
- How do I form the female equivalents of each of these French nouns?
September 9
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- Chinese translation, please
- Meaning of the surname "Seay"
- Latin translations of The Name of the Rose passages?
- American English dictionary?
- Ghoti
- Faintly ridiculous
- Obscure Latin Maxim
September 10
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- Radium
- A Slovak Lanugage Standard That Had Been Confsicated By Hungarians, Shelved In A Hungarian Library Due To Hungarian Censorship Out Of Magyarization And Polish Dialects That Were Once Languages That Ar
- a rather basic English grammar question
- Swedish equivalent of the name Harriet
- What does this ambiguous statement mean?
- reading
- A question for Americans of the Western Seaboard (including Western Alaska):
- "solid, unbroken tone"
- Muimota
September 11
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September 12
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- Some surnames in reverse order
- Kinship term for relation between one's sets of grandparents
- I plan to study and stay in Japan for several years.
- 松 = ?
- Korean spicy sauce - tenjang
September 13
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- Aibrushed vs. Photoshopped
- Crossword puzzler
- "marriage" -- "fatherhood" -- "has a career"
- "be said"
- Manchuria
- Multilingual Wikipedias
September 14
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- Diminutives of Russian given names
- Information on a- prefixed to verbs
- Kanji question: Is it upside down?
September 15
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- Ruby
- Classics
- Japanese translation
- Chinese translation desired, please
- Bi-Bi Pedagogical Method Historical Origins
- Pronunciation
September 16
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- Any other persons
- Name For The Phenomenon Where.....?
- T & D sound
- IPA request
- This is some wording in a poster, I have a question on which is correct or the better to use
September 17
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- Hell -Underworld
- Origin of phrase
- Stress in German Compound Words
- When does a romanisation become a word?
- "Taking part in a nature trail"?
September 18
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September 19
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September 20
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- Translations
- Rhetorical device involving repetition for contrast
- Programmin Logic of this: 1 232 34543 232 1
September 21
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September 22
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September 23
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- Eye color, FR>EN/HE
- Ee, I could murder a cup o' tea
- Never written
- Latin definition
- NY times - is it right?
- Where vs. in which
- Double interpretation of localities
- German T-shirt
- Melbourne > Melburnian
September 24
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- Leghorn
- need a word
- Contract law terminology
- Simplified Chinese phrase translation help
- Florentia→Fiorenza→Firenze
- British biscuits
- Yet another German question
- In the news
September 25
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September 26
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- Are there native English speakers who pronounce "kings" (etc.) - like:
kiŋgs/ kiŋgz /, i.e. pronouncing the g? - What is this term?
September 27
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- Bukovinan or Bukovinian
- Taihenni arigatoo!
- What would be the Latin translation of "Straight out of Compton"?
September 28
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September 29
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September 30
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