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Would it be a good idea to migrate my question about the word "lacrima" to some other StackExchange site?
So, I recently asked a question about the sound changes in Latin "lacrima" and English "tear", and it was closed as off-topic. Do you think it might be on-topic on some other ...
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Would a question asking for a transcription of the lyrics of a song in Latin be appropriate?
I am trying to figure out what the lyrics are to a song in Latin (Aled Jones's version of "Agnus Dei" from the album For You: The Collection; it has lines not from the traditional text). ...
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Why was my question about whether "venio" and English "wend" are related received much better than if German "Tier" and "fera" are?
So, I recently asked a question about how we know that Latin "venio" is not related to English "wend", and it was rather well-received. That was rather surprising to me, as, a few ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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Why it is that on LangDev StackExchange it's completely normal to link to your software, but here you get suspended for linking to your texts?
So, about a month ago, I got suspended for a month for talking about how I am writing a text about the Illyrian language in Latin. Why is doing that such a taboo here? On the other StackExchange I am ...
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Why did moderator delete my question, without writing any reason?
Someone closed my question as off topic, "not appear to be about the Latin Language, within the scope defined in the help center”. Then moderator deleted it, see screen shot below. Why?
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How does concernō relate to 'commercial enterprise'?
i disagree with closing How does concernō relate to 'commercial enterprise'?. i disagree, Latin StackExchange is wrong site.
I agree, "several other meanings) of word concern seem to have ...
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Questions solely in Latin?
I recently asked two questions in Latin:
Exsistitne in lingua Latina verbum pro die post cras?
Estne in lingua Latina verbum pro die ante heri?
In the first question, @Kingshorsey suggested that we ...
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is there a writing program(MS word, Libre office...) that can type long vowels in Latin? [duplicate]
I have been wishing to write out long vowels of Latin in typing, so I am looking for a way to do that in Libre office. But I don't think there is any way in Libre office other than inserting "...
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AI warning banner for Latin?
According to the powers that be, we can now request a banner warning against posting AI answers.
Broad consensus from this Meta question is sharply in favor of banning AI answers. There seems to be no ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Please give feedback on my vocabulary request question
Note I am trying to translate to Cicero's Latin. Roma had already banks, which we could suppose that in an alternate timeline where the day Cicero is born the banks of the Empire start issuing checks, ...
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Should we allow questions that are posed in a language other than English or Latin?
An early question on Meta (Should all-Latin questions be permitted?) allowed all-Latin questions. We also had a Meta question about using non-English sources in answers.
We've also had a fair number ...
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How did I receive the two reputation points?
I had asked a question on Linguistics Stack Exchange site and a user answered it. I accepted the answer on that site.
The question migrated to this site just recently, because it can fit better here ...
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Would "Greek".SE affect the definition of this site?
This site is called "Latin", but also accepts questions about ancient Greek.
There is now a proposal Greek - Area 51, for both ancient and modern Greek.
If it succeeds, will the definition ...
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