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
Wordorigins.org » The Future of the Crossword Puzzle
The Atlantic has a solid article on the subject. Unlike many articles of its ilk, this one actually sensibly discusses the differences between digital and paper puzzles. (The chief difference as it relates to the future of crosswords is demographics.) And while the lead paragraph discusses the “impending print collapse,” it’s specifically talking about the collapse of print newspapers (which … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Closet versus Cupboard
American and British English differ on names for storage places. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Bat an eyelid
Why 'bat' in the idiom 'bat an eyelid'? [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Dunch
not quite dinner but definitely past lunch. "Omg, I haven't had lunch and it's 3 o'clock, I'm fecking starving. I can't wait till dinner…. Fuck it let's get some dunch."
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languagehat.com » David J. Peterson on Creating Languages.
I wrote about David Peterson, who invents the languages for Game of Thrones, here, and we had a nice long discussion, but there’s now a wide-ranging interview with him at A.V. Club that goes into a lot of stuff not covered in the previous article, and the guy is very articulate about languages and what’s involved in creating them, so … [Link]
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