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March 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 2

1. What is the grammatical role of "fuck" in "Fuck you"?

March 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 3

1. there was cement in her soul

March 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 4

1. Slang
2. Need help constructing an analogy using a Japanese word

March 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 5

1. English words with the same letter three times in a row?
2. Quote by Antonio Zancanaro

March 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 6

1. Ellipsis (three dots) with or w/o comma
2. Names
3. -al

March 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 9

1. Guatemalan political parties and Spanish translation

March 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 10

1. "is almost" (ten), means "is close to but is still less than" (ten). Is there an adjective meaning "is close to but is still more than" (ten)?

March 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 11

1. Ancient Greek: meaning of "pafse"

March 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 13

1. Emphasis patterns in /i.ə/-ending words.

March 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 16

1. Muppet

March 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 17

1. Put/putt split?
2. Dicky's meadow

March 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 18

1. Russian book translation

March 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 19

1. Sacheus !Gonteb
2. Antonio, Tono, Toni, Tony

March 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 20

1. Abbrev.

March 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 23

1. "Near" = adjective or preposition

March 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 24

1. long mid vowel

March 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 25

1. I have hunger
2. Gaelic IPA

March 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 28

1. “Tomorrow will be the same as today”
2. S!
3. Pronunciation of 0 (zero)
4. Not on your Nellie

March 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 30

1. Ätsch, Pustekuchen, Madita! - Can someone please translate these lyrics into English?
2. This upbeat Iraqi Arabic military song - can someone please translate the title & lyrics?

March 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2025 March 31

1. Is there a word for that?
2. 飛 stroke order in Japanese
3. Why is the IPA vowel chart a half trapezoid?
4. Adjective corresponding to "integrity"