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 » Colbert on Krauthammer
"Charles Krauthammer on Obama's Mental State", The Colbert Report 9/22/2014: The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook In case you didn't make it through the introductory commercial, here's the high point of the piece: 
Some LLOG background: "Another casual lie from Charles Krauthammer", 9/16/2014 "Open fraud as Op-Ed discourse", 7/10/2010 Update — … [Link]
Language Log » Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE
[This is a guest post by Mark Swofford. N.B.: Pǔtōnghuà 普通话 = Modern Standard Mandarin (MSM); PRC = People's Republic of China; MOE = Ministry of Education] In the South China Morning Post this week: "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry". I tracked down the Ministry of Education's release. It's here. The Web-based e-mail system I'm … [Link]
Language Log » "Judgement of error"
Sent in by M.C. — Fiona Simpson, "Breast-feeding mother asked to 'cover up' with dirty dishcloth at Bexleyheath pub", News Shopper 9/24/2014: An outraged mother has organised a 'boob and bottle' protest at a Bexleyheath pub after being 'ordered' to cover her breast-feeding baby with a dirty dishcloth. Mother-of-four Olivia Pozniak was breast-feeding her 11-week-old son, Louie, at the Furze … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Multilingual esprit de l’escalier
Last night I went to Global Café, a gathering of international and local students, and had chances to use quite a few different languages, including Czech, Hindi, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish, and also English. Apart from English and Mandarin, I don’t speak any of these languages well, and I only know bits and pieces of some of them. When … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Flabs
Flabs- fat-abs The opposite of absFlabs=awsomeI love this word😍😍&~ Omg look at my fab Flabs. Like lol. #awesome word
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Urban Word of the Day » Chickenatarian
A person who does not eat any other meat but chicken. My cousin only eat only vegetables, nuts and fruit because she's obsessed with being a vegetarian, but she still eats chicken. I call her a chickenatarian.
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