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
Omniglot blog » Polyglottery
Yesterday morning I met up with other conference participants and after a bit of a wander around the city, we had lunch then went to the opening ceremony a reception. In the after we had a little guided tour of Novi Sad seeing some interesting buildings, including the Catholic or Orthodox Cathedrals, and the fortress. There are some rather attractive … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker
Review of 'The Sense of Style', by Steven Pinker [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Habiliments
'Habiliments' is an old-fashioned words for clothes. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » fish bowling
Smoking weed in a closed and small space, with the intent of not letting the smoke escape, to recycle the smoke in a sence, as in a car for example. I was so high last night after we went fish bowling in my car.
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Language Log » Stronzo Bestiale, Galadriel Mirkwood, Crosley Shelvador, …
"The true story of Stronzo Bestiale", Parolacce 10/5/2014: Would you read a paper written by Stronzo Bestiale (Total Asshole)? A dose of mistrust would be justified: the name says it all. Yet, in 1987, professor Bestiale, supposedly a physicist in Palermo, Sicily, authored major papers in prestigious scientific peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of Statistical Physics, the Journal … [Link]
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