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What is this called? I recall there is a specific name (not dot) that it's called. Can you help me with this? Thanks. -- Proficient 03:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
in Latin bellum means war, yet in modern Romance languages it's usually something like guerra or guerre. yet the word for beautiful is bello or bella in some Romance languages. I don't think bello/bella came from bellum but it just seems strange. so where did bello/bella really comes from
I'm working on some of the fringe sexuality articles. Someone added pronounciation guides for the term "zoophilia" (roughly pronounded USA: either "zow-uh-fil-ya" or "zu-fil-ya" EU/UK:"zu-fil-ee-a" I think, but I'm not sure), but they weren't adequate. Can someone else here help? Ideally I'm after a good suggestion both for IPA (or whatever the appropriate standard is for pronounciation guides) and Latin alphabet phonetic spelling, for USA, UK and possibly AU if different. Thanks! FT2 ( Talk | email) 04:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Dear wikipedians:
What is the English translation for the following Chinese phrase?:
"对你不客气!"
Thanks a lot!
Shuo Xiang 05:52, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
If I'm understanding your attitude correctly, it is a threat right? It should be something like "[You better do this,] or else you're gonna get it!"
(Literally, "[I] won't be 'polite' to you") Alex Ng 06:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
According to this dictionary entry - http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861673867/fiddly.html - "fiddly" is a UK word. Is this word recognised in other English-speaking countries? If not, which word would you use instead? (Please don't quote me the Wiktionary entry, because it was written by me, just now.) -- Heron 09:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, Angr. I'm trying to write "international" English, so I think I'll leave out this word and paraphrase instead. -- Heron 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (an American source) describes the word as "chiefly British" [1]. I'm Canadian and in my experience the word is used in Canadian English, but generally not by young people. -- Mathew5000 10:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
When editing en.wikipedia articles, is it appropriate to use American spelling or British spelling? Specifically, I'm asking about the use of meter v. metre.
Mikieminnow 12:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect other forms of English in Wikipedia articles.
The guidelines are simple. For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.
In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, just ask anyone on Wikipedia and they will help you. Enjoy your time on the internet's fastest growing encyclopædia/encyclopedia. Lectonar 12:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help! Mikieminnow 13:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I've always wondered... how hard would it be to just have a built in wikipedia user interface that would allow one to view the spelling you are familiar with, much how their is a date (mm/dd/yy) that you can set in the preferences. Or would that be too tedious? -- Proficient 14:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
how do you say "in unity is strength" and "unity makes strength" (both phrases) in Latin?
Hi,
I have been trying to find a summary for Dickens' "The Trial for Murder" and "The Haunted House"
Maybe I am not very good at it but it has been about a week already and I have not found anything.
If you can help me, I would really be thankful.
Eddy
Is there a term for paper which is cut so that it forms a "staircase" when stacked? One can see that e.g. with Address books and various personal organizers, with cuts tagged A-Z. (Background: I want to describe the "bidding box" device which you can see here Image:Bidding_box.jpg, but don't know how to put it simply). Duja 15:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
For the purpose of writing a bibliography or entering data into a bibliographic database (Endnote, for example) how does one list the 'author' of a government document, such as the Basic Law of Hong Kong, or the Consitution of Papau New Guinea, or the Sino Portuguese Joint Declaration?
If a doc does not have a human 'author' ... what are our options.
Thanks if you can help.
On the computer I'm using I can't see what I'm doing when adding IPA... Could someone please take care of this? Thank you. David Sneek 21:40, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. David Sneek 16:45, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
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What is this called? I recall there is a specific name (not dot) that it's called. Can you help me with this? Thanks. -- Proficient 03:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
in Latin bellum means war, yet in modern Romance languages it's usually something like guerra or guerre. yet the word for beautiful is bello or bella in some Romance languages. I don't think bello/bella came from bellum but it just seems strange. so where did bello/bella really comes from
I'm working on some of the fringe sexuality articles. Someone added pronounciation guides for the term "zoophilia" (roughly pronounded USA: either "zow-uh-fil-ya" or "zu-fil-ya" EU/UK:"zu-fil-ee-a" I think, but I'm not sure), but they weren't adequate. Can someone else here help? Ideally I'm after a good suggestion both for IPA (or whatever the appropriate standard is for pronounciation guides) and Latin alphabet phonetic spelling, for USA, UK and possibly AU if different. Thanks! FT2 ( Talk | email) 04:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Dear wikipedians:
What is the English translation for the following Chinese phrase?:
"对你不客气!"
Thanks a lot!
Shuo Xiang 05:52, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
If I'm understanding your attitude correctly, it is a threat right? It should be something like "[You better do this,] or else you're gonna get it!"
(Literally, "[I] won't be 'polite' to you") Alex Ng 06:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
According to this dictionary entry - http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861673867/fiddly.html - "fiddly" is a UK word. Is this word recognised in other English-speaking countries? If not, which word would you use instead? (Please don't quote me the Wiktionary entry, because it was written by me, just now.) -- Heron 09:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, Angr. I'm trying to write "international" English, so I think I'll leave out this word and paraphrase instead. -- Heron 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (an American source) describes the word as "chiefly British" [1]. I'm Canadian and in my experience the word is used in Canadian English, but generally not by young people. -- Mathew5000 10:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
When editing en.wikipedia articles, is it appropriate to use American spelling or British spelling? Specifically, I'm asking about the use of meter v. metre.
Mikieminnow 12:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect other forms of English in Wikipedia articles.
The guidelines are simple. For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.
In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, just ask anyone on Wikipedia and they will help you. Enjoy your time on the internet's fastest growing encyclopædia/encyclopedia. Lectonar 12:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help! Mikieminnow 13:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I've always wondered... how hard would it be to just have a built in wikipedia user interface that would allow one to view the spelling you are familiar with, much how their is a date (mm/dd/yy) that you can set in the preferences. Or would that be too tedious? -- Proficient 14:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
how do you say "in unity is strength" and "unity makes strength" (both phrases) in Latin?
Hi,
I have been trying to find a summary for Dickens' "The Trial for Murder" and "The Haunted House"
Maybe I am not very good at it but it has been about a week already and I have not found anything.
If you can help me, I would really be thankful.
Eddy
Is there a term for paper which is cut so that it forms a "staircase" when stacked? One can see that e.g. with Address books and various personal organizers, with cuts tagged A-Z. (Background: I want to describe the "bidding box" device which you can see here Image:Bidding_box.jpg, but don't know how to put it simply). Duja 15:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
For the purpose of writing a bibliography or entering data into a bibliographic database (Endnote, for example) how does one list the 'author' of a government document, such as the Basic Law of Hong Kong, or the Consitution of Papau New Guinea, or the Sino Portuguese Joint Declaration?
If a doc does not have a human 'author' ... what are our options.
Thanks if you can help.
On the computer I'm using I can't see what I'm doing when adding IPA... Could someone please take care of this? Thank you. David Sneek 21:40, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. David Sneek 16:45, 21 July 2006 (UTC)