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

Language Log » Adverbing, verbing, and adjectiving

Wednesday 5 November 21:40:07 UTC 2014

"I don't want to go all language nerd on you," says the female character in today's xkcd cartoon, "but I just legit adverbed 'legit', verbed 'adverb', and adjectived 'language nerd'." Is she correct? Almost entirely, yes. The structure of I just legit adverbed 'legit' has legit (a clipping from legitimate) functioning as premodifier of a verb, exactly as if it … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » droning

Wednesday 5 November 9:00:00 UTC 2014

Flying a drone or UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) for recreational purposes How was your weekend?I just came back from rafting, kayaking, zip lining and droning! [Link]

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