John Gordon Ross

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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

languagehat.com » The Four Thieves.

Friday 22 August 16:45:57 UTC 2014

Still reading Veltman’s Приключения, почерпнутые из моря житейского (Adventures drawn from the sea of life), also called Саломея [Salomea], I hit one of those linguistic-cultural mysteries that took enough unraveling I thought I’d make a post of it. The titular Salomea Petrovna has returned in unexpected circumstances to her parents’ house and her mother has fainted; her father “спрыскивал ее … [Link]

Language Log » Genres

Friday 22 August 12:57:36 UTC 2014

In today's Bad Machinery, Shauna abandons powerviolence and decides against crustcore. Some of you will recognize that these are names of musical genres, well enough established to have Wikipedia entries. Thus Powerviolence […], is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk.The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. and Crust punk (often simply crust) is a form of music … [Link]

Omniglot blog » Blackberries and Walls

Friday 22 August 12:14:55 UTC 2014

The French words mur (wall) mûr (ripe; mature) and mûre (blackberry; mulberry) are written differently but pronounced the same – [myʁ], so are only distinguished by context in speech. The word mur (wall) comes from the Latin mūrus (wall), from the Old Latin *moerus/*moiros, from the Proto-Indo-European *mei (to fix, to build fortifications or fences) [source]. The word mûr (ripe; … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » face hole

Friday 22 August 7:00:00 UTC 2014

the hole of a face such as: a mouth, nose, eye sockets, and or ears. frank: hey jose! shut your face hole will ya!jose: no you shut you face hole ya old bat! [Link]

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