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 » 55 Canadianisms You May Not Know.
This post at GeekMom was a real eye-opener for me. I can’t say I’ve made any particular effort to study Canadian English, but I wouldn’t have thought there would be so many words and usages that were utterly unfamiliar to me. Runners? Parkade? Eavestroughs? Garburator?? At least I knew what a tuque was. I thought perhaps others would find it … [Link]
the world in words » No longer mayor of Reykjavik, Jón Gnarr can restart his career as a comedian, not that ever stopped.
Jón Gnarr (Photo courtesy Melville House)On the night he was elected mayor of Reykjavik in June 2010, Jón Gnarr gave his supporters a taste of what might be to come. “Welcome to the revolution!” he declared. Like much of what he says, it was tongue-in-cheek. Maybe. Four years later, Gnarr has retired, having served a single term. He’s written a book … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Motivation
There’s an interesting article in the Guardian I came across today about motivation in language learning. The article discusses different types of motivation, and concludes that three things that are particularly important in language learning are working memory; associative memory – how well you content new and known information; and your ability to learn implicitly – that is the ability … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » slumber chunder
To vomit in your sleep unexpectedly, usually due to the over-consumption of alcoholic beverages Dude, i woke up last night to my roommate slumber chundering on our dog
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languagehat.com » The Golden Legend.
There are a lot of interesting things in Eamon Duffy’s LRB review-essay “The Intense Afterlife of the Saints,” but this passage is of particular LH relevance, for both word and book history: The most successful book of the Middle Ages was the collection of saints’ lives compiled by a Dominican friar based in Lombardy, Jacobus de Voragine, in the 1260s. … [Link]
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