User talk:CitationsFreak

Re "Do translingual entries get cites?": actually I'm not sure. I don't see why not, but you would want to be sure that the citation belongs under Translingual and not under any specific language. For example if you're just showing that some smiley/emoji exists, I suppose an English (or any language) tweet would be fine. The emoji isn't specifically English just because it's in an English sentence. --> Here comes the generic welcome link package:

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Equinox ◑ 00:04, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I asked this because whenever I search "XXX" on Google Books, I get stuff like Alice and Bob's Adventures, Chapter XXX, which would be an example of the translingual entry for XXX, and not the English term. CitationsFreak (talk) 01:54, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

birds and scones

I was looking at these euphemisms earlier, but I lost interest in projects like this for the time being. However it seems the one you chose is a lot more popular than the ones I looked at. You definitely chose your name well, as Ive seen your work, and I'd think we could find the requisite three print-book cites somewhere if that's what it takes given our new policies .... the only thing I have to add is that the phrases I looked at both came along well before PETA made that famous tweet, so this phrase might be quite old as well. Best wishes, —Soap— 19:19, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Just made the page. feed two birds with one scone. Three citations, for all senses. (talk) 01:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

I looked in Google Books, and there's already at least 3 good cites. Three citations, for all senses. (talk) 19:37, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

"Freethinker" in Singapore

Since, I'm from Singapore, I'll point out that this term is very much a neutral term when used in Singapore. It does not imply in any way a sense of superiority to someone who has a religion. The government is officially secular, and so your right to have a religion is protected, with a few exceptions like the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Unification Church. The dog2 (talk) 15:15, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Huh. Never knew that. It does sound a little superior to the other religions, like the kind that our atheists (those being the people who wear fedoras and neckbeards and spend a hundred hours a day on Reddit) would come up with, but I am from America. Wonder where/when the term originated. CitationsFreak (talk) 00:08, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Kia

What makes you say the names are in English? If I have a Ugandan friend called by the Ugandan name Namazzi, then writing the English sentence "Namazzi visited me" doesn't turn that name into an English word. Equinox ◑ 20:28, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

They are used in English text. Your example of "Namazzi" is also in use as an English word. Any text in a certain language that uses a name is using as in their language (such as any English article on Andrés Manuel López Obrador or any Spanish article on Joe Biden). CitationsFreak (talk) 20:50, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

So you'd say we should have sections in basically every language for every name? Like Jennilyn in German and Pierre in Finnish and so on. Citations would be easy enough to find. Equinox ◑ 21:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, basically. CitationsFreak (talk) 21:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Ouchie! Oh well you've found the one rebuttal that I can't touch. Please go ahead and create Jennilyn in French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish and Danish. Jennilyn is here with me right now, she says : "I hate my name, from my parents. Is this like TIk tok?" Equinox ◑ 14:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

time-night

Greetings CitationsFreak,

I'm going to make one last attempt at this request. I've asked other users but they can't find anything.

Any idea what this word might mean? It was inputted many moons ago by the user Paul G under the "derived terms" section of time. He does not remember the source from which he obtained it. Any ideas? Maybe he misspelled it or meant to type another word. Either way, if you can locate its use anywhere, even as a nonce word, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm very curious as to what it may potentially mean. To recap, the word is time-night.

Regards,

mynewfiles mynewfiles (talk) 04:35, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

I was able to find one result of "timenight", in the Spring 2014 issue of The Aerie, Concordia University Irvine's literary mag. Page 39 in this PDF copy. CitationsFreak (talk) 05:17, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for checking. So it's probably safe to conclude that it's a nonce word. mynewfiles (talk) 05:37, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

So far. There may be more, but I would doubt it. CitationsFreak (talk) 05:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

What would you theorize it means? mynewfiles (talk) 05:56, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the poem more closely, it seems that it's a nonce alternation of "nighttime". CitationsFreak (talk) 05:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you kindly. mynewfiles (talk) 06:01, 4 July 2024 (UTC)