User contributions for 71.227.163.196

7 February 2014

• 19:3319:33, 7 February 2014 diff hist +67 Giro (banking) →Etymology: Improving references and details of the etymology per OED and MW.

30 January 2014

• 19:1919:19, 30 January 2014 diff hist +262 Guacamole Adding common/standard pronunciation (the spelling "gw" is *phonemically* /gw/ and allophonically is realized *phonetically* as [ɣw] or [w] or [gw] depending on dialect and phonological context)

3 November 2013

• 15:4915:49, 3 November 2013 diff hist 0 Jean Jaurès Corrected accent mark on surname from aigue to grave under photo caption.
• 15:4815:48, 3 November 2013 diff hist +78 N File talk:Jean Jaurés (1).jpg The accent mark is wrong on the surname and should be fixed. current

30 May 2013

• 02:5202:52, 30 May 2013 diff hist +732 Talk:Comma splice No edit summary

29 May 2013

• 20:2620:26, 29 May 2013 diff hist +682 Talk:Olly olly oxen free →Etymology
• 20:2420:24, 29 May 2013 diff hist +679 Talk:Olly olly oxen free →Possible etymology

9 April 2013

• 00:0100:01, 9 April 2013 diff hist +956 Chief Seattle Si'ahl is the conventional Duwamish spelling; in Lushootseed publishing, the spelling Siʔaɫ is now used. This spelling is not the same as IPA. Per link.

16 January 2013

• 18:1218:12, 16 January 2013 diff hist −17 Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats →Flødebolle/Negerbolle/Negerkys
• 18:1118:11, 16 January 2013 diff hist −39 Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats →Negerzoenen

2 January 2013

• 22:1522:15, 2 January 2013 diff hist −45 Knit cap →Other names: Pretty much no one in the PNW has ever heard of the term "cora cap." No online references for this claim, either. Northwesterners call it a toque/tuque or beanie.

2 October 2012

• 15:0215:02, 2 October 2012 diff hist −1 Chief Seattle Removing incorrect [t].
• 15:0115:01, 2 October 2012 diff hist 0 Chief Seattle The article to which this reference links clearly says that the original pronunciation was spelled as a glottalized bar lambda.

1 June 2012

• 23:1523:15, 1 June 2012 diff hist +6 Mikael Ohlsson IKEA is actually headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, and has Dutch corporate ownership.

24 August 2011

• 04:5404:54, 24 August 2011 diff hist +70 Liv (given name) Corrected spelling of Old Norse form; clarified relationship with homophonous "liv" meaning "life" in modern Scandinavian.

5 July 2011

• 17:5917:59, 5 July 2011 diff hist +2 Comp card →Format: Corrected men's sizing.
• 17:5617:56, 5 July 2011 diff hist +51 Comp card →Format: Added gender-neutral information.

29 May 2011

• 05:5605:56, 29 May 2011 diff hist −20 Labrador Retriever There is no such thing as a silver (purebred) Labrador retriever. See article on coat color genetics.

14 March 2011

• 13:1413:14, 14 March 2011 diff hist +78 Prefecture Improved initial definition

9 March 2011

• 03:1103:11, 9 March 2011 diff hist +37 File talk:World-cannabis-laws.png →United States: Hawai'i

26 February 2011

• 18:0318:03, 26 February 2011 diff hist −1 Language and the euro →Norwegian: Nouns are declined, verbs are conjugated.

19 February 2011

• 06:3306:33, 19 February 2011 diff hist −173 Labrador Retriever →Colour: Removed bogus reference to silver Labradors.

26 January 2011

• 18:0918:09, 26 January 2011 diff hist −3 Sara Blædel Corrected verb phrase grammar
• 08:2808:28, 26 January 2011 diff hist +2,617 N Sara Blædel Sara Blædel

19 December 2010

• 06:0506:05, 19 December 2010 diff hist −9 Crown Dependencies Reduced verbosity.

7 December 2010

• 18:5418:54, 7 December 2010 diff hist −29 Middelburg, Zeeland →Education: Improved wording so that it sounds more like a native speaker of English wrote it.