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 » Pre-filled-pause lengthening
It's well known that syllables and words are longer before silent pauses, other things equal. It makes sense that syllables and words would also be longer before filled pauses (UH and UM), but I haven't seen this explicitly noted or quantified. For a course assignment, I recently prepared an R-accessible version of Joe Picone's manually-corrected word alignments for the Switchboard … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » rigor mortgage
The feeling that sets in when you realize the value of your house is approaching zero. How do you feel about the halted construction in your neighborhood? I'm stiff with rigor mortgage.
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Language Log » A child's substitution of Pinyin (Romanization) for characters
The following diary entry by an elementary school student is making the rounds in the Chinese media and in the blogosphere: 
Jacob Rutherford, who called this "trending post" to my attention, remarked: [It's] about a young girl from Fuzhou whose school received a visit from Xi Jinping. Besides the adorable message, it is more interesting evidence of how Chinese children … [Link]
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