John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Language Stuff

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 » That symbol again

Thursday 19 June 20:24:01 UTC 2014

Today's Zits: For some background, see "The 'pound sign' mystery", 7/18/2010. [Link]

Language Log » Real fry

Thursday 19 June 18:55:45 UTC 2014

You'll search Google News in vain for stories about most technical terms in phonetics — no recent coverage of lenition, for example — but "vocal fry" has been prominent in the popular press for several years. Despite all the coverage, many people seem to be unclear about what it is and where it comes from — so today I thought … [Link]

languagehat.com » New Neruda Poems Discovered.

Thursday 19 June 17:36:48 UTC 2014

Fans of Pablo Neruda will be excited by this news, quoted here from Alison Flood’s story in the Guardian: More than 20 unpublished poems by Pablo Neruda – works of “extraordinary quality” according to his publisher – have been unearthed among the papers of the late Nobel laureate in his native Chile. Neruda’s Spanish publisher Seix Barral called the discovery … [Link]

Wordorigins.org » Business Jargon Tumblr

Thursday 19 June 12:40:00 UTC 2014

I’ve just discovered Use Sparingly, a tumblr that is a Devil’s Dictionary of business jargon. Rather amusing. [Tip o’ the hat to Lowering the Bar] [Discuss this post] [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » netflix neck

Thursday 19 June 7:00:00 UTC 2014

Occurs in one's neck when binge-watching shows on a laptop set on an angle between you and another for four to fourteen hours. Involves stiffness in upper back, but is justified by TV-induced elation. My lady and I woke up with killer Netflix neck after Orange is the New Black came out. [Link]

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