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 » Texting while walking
A few days ago, CNN published an article entitled "Chinese city tests out sidewalk lanes for cellphone users". See also this article on Mashable and this one on MTV news (with some funny videos). The Chinese text on the sidewalk reads: yǔnxǔ shǐyòng shǒujī 允许使用手机 ("use of cell phones is permitted") dàn fēngxiǎn zìfù 但风险自负 ("but it is at your … [Link]
Language Log » Wanting that very (no)thing
Robert Neubecker, "Parents, the Children Will Be Fine. Spend Their Inheritance Now.", NYT 9/19/2014, reports "polling data from both older Americans and their adult children about whether they expected to leave or receive an inheritance": Among the parents, ages 59 to 96, 86.2 percent expected to leave a bequest. But just 44.6 percent of the children, ages 40 to 60, … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Set one's cap at
We know 'set one's cap at'. But whose cap? Where? When? [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Porphyrogeniture
With 'porphyrogeniture', Prince Charles would get the push. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Firestoned
When you get so high you just get TIREd. Sorry I passed out last night after smoking. I was so Firestoned
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