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
languagehat.com » Cotton (On) To.
My wife asked me about the colloquial phrase cotton to ‘take a liking to,’ and (as often happens) I had no idea where it came from, so I did some research and discovered nobody else really does either. The OED, in an ancient entry (first published 1893), gives the primary sense of the verb as “To form a down or … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Work Boyfriend
Favourite male co-worker who you get along with really well and enjoy spending time with but in a plutonic way. He's your boyfriend between 9 and 5 without the sex. Lady: My work boyfriend said the funniest thing at lunch today.Lady's actual boyfriend: BORING! Let's have sex.Lady: K
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