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
languagehat.com » Chipotle Mayan.
Slate’s language blog, Lexicon Valley, recently featured a funny and even sort of educational post by Taylor Jones (“the author of www.languagejones.com and a jazz musician and composer”) called “What Do the Glyphs at Chipotle Mean? They’re Mayan—Sort of.” Jones “went to a Chipotle in Philadelphia, looked at the wall, and realized their design was more than just decoration”; having … [Link]
Language Log » Pizza and pasta, backwards and forwards
From Anne Henochowicz: 
Along with the photograph, Anne sent these paragraphs of explanation: DC's Chinatown is a joke–the original was moved from Pennsylvania Ave. for the construction of the Reagan Building, and then the Metro dealt the knockout blow sometime in the latter 20th c. The real Chinese communities in DC live in the suburbs: Fairfax, VA and Rockville, MD, … [Link]
Language Log » English as ruby annotation for Chinese
Something very interesting is going on in this panel (as usual, click to embiggen): 
"Firstable", I have to explain where I got this image. It originally appeared at the top of this page as an advertisement for the Singles' Day Sale which takes place on November 11 every year. This year sales by the Alibaba group alone on 11/11 supposedly … [Link]
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