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 » Grammar wars
This doesn't happen very often — Terri Pederson, "Them's fightin' words: Grammar dispute becomes brawl", Beaver Dam Daily Citizen 7/8/2014: A 27-year-old Fox Lake man was charged with battery stemming from a fight that occurred at Tower Lanes in April. […] According to the criminal complaint, an employee of Tower Lanes had pointed out Gubin and another man who had … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » WCW
Abbreviation for Woman Crush Wednesday. Generally used on Twitter or Instagram to talk about one's favorite female. @larryexample: OMG Taylor Swift is totz my WCW #inlove #WCW #lolz #hashtag
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languagehat.com » How to Speak British.
Thanks go to Paul Ogden, who sent me this five-minute video featuring Siobhan Thompson (of Anglophenia) describing “11 Awesome British phrases that Americans should start using ASAP,” because I’m so wiped out by the heat (and the World Cup action today) I can barely type, let alone think up post ideas. But I’m pretty sure that Mark L. Levinson in … [Link]
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