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 » Dumpling ingredients and character amnesia
A few nights ago I delivered the Watt lecture before an audience of over two hundred people at UBC. More than half the people in the audience were native speakers of Mandarin or another Chinese language, and everybody else present was familiar with at least one East Asian language. When I showed the famous jiaozi ingredients shopping list from John … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Fish-faced
A schoolyard taunt, 'fish-faced' has a surprisingly long history. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Zoilism
Now defunct, 'Zoilism' once meant a carping and envious critic. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Poach
What's the connection between 'poach' for stealing game and cooking eggs? [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Immensikoff
In the 1870s, an 'immensikoff' was an overcoat. A curious story lies behind it. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » brofie
A selfie you take with your bros Did you see the bromance in your boyfriend's brofie?
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Language Log » Combating stereotypes — with stereotypes
Laura Starecheski, "Can Changing How You Sound Help You Find Your Voice?", NPR All Things Considered 10/14/2014: Just having a feminine voice means you're probably not as capable at your job. At least, studies suggest, that's what many people in the United States think. There's a gender bias in how Americans perceive feminine voices: as insecure, less competent and less … [Link]
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