Almost everyone uses language, so inevitably almost everyone thinks they are an expert in it. I don’t consider myself an expert, though most of my work requires at least language competence and sometimes actual skill, but I do follow the blogs featured on this feeds page.
(If you are wondering where the translation-related feeds have all gone, I have put them on their own page.)
Most of the blogs represented here are in English, most of the time, but don’t be surprised to find other languages used. Go with the flow – I occasionally find myself pleasantly surprised at how much I can grasp in languages I have never seen before.
Language On the Net
Language Log » What would a "return to philology" be a return to?
I recently read Peter Brooks' "The Strange Case of Paul de Man", NYRB 4/3/2014, which is a review of The Double Life of Paul de Man by Evelyn Barish. Brooks' central argument seems to be that it's unfair to call de Man a fascist thief, because he was really just a charismatic sociopath. But the thing that caught my eye … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Stitched up like a kipper
'Stitched up like a kipper' is a weird conflation of two older English slang phrases. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Hodmandod
'Hodmandod' is a southern English dialect word for a snail. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » selfiebombing
The art of ruining people's selfies by appear behind them right when they tap on the capture button. Conor: Jessica is in all of your selfies. John: That selfiebombing bitch!
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Language Log » Funky Mind Shoes
Michael Johnson took this picture in Hong Kong between Queen's Road Central and the escalators: 
FUN KEE MIND SHOES What??? Even when you read the Chinese, it doesn't immediately help appreciably to understand this MIND-boggling sign. 芬記 精打中西鞋掌 Fan1 Gei3 zing1 daa2 Zung1-Sai1 haai4-zoeng2 Expert repair of Chinese and Western shoe heels Notes: Fan1 Gei3 芬記 (lit., "fragrant mark / … [Link]
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