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
the world in words » Remembrance of the Man who Translated Proust
Photo: louveciennes/Flickr Creative Commons Read this post from Nina Porzucki. Or listen to the podcast above. It’s not often that a translator has a story as good as the author himself. But C.K. Scott Moncrieff’s was wild enough to seem like fiction. Moncrieff was the first person to translate Marcel Proust’s seven-volume epic, “Remembrance of Things Past” into English. He was … [Link]
languagehat.com » Getting One’s Goat.
Ben Zimmer discusses the expression “get one’s goat,” which he’s been investigating: All of the sources start with a 1904 book called Life in Sing Sing, a prison memoir by the anonymous convict “Number 1500.” In the chapter on “Slang Among Convicts,” the word goat is glossed as “anger; to exasperate,” but that doesn’t get us very far in figuring … [Link]
Language Log » The chick(en) says ko-ko-de(k)
In Incredible Things, Brittany High has a very brief article entitled "This Chinese Music Video Is Every Kind Of WTF". I think that, if you watch the video, you'll agree with her. Brittany writes: This is a batshit insane music video for the song “Chick Chick” by Chinese pop group Wang Rong Rollin. It makes stuff like “What Does The … [Link]
Omniglot blog » New Omniglot designs
You might have noticed recently that various different designs are being tested on Omniglot. The idea is to improve user experience on the site, and to increase my revenue from the site. While the latter certainly is true – my income from Google ads has been up 200-300% since the changes were started a few months ago, which means that … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » What's Gucci?
Asking someone what they are up to. Exactly the same thing as "What's up?" "Ay man, what's gucci? "Not much mane, jus chillen."
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World Wide Words: Updates » New: Vape
'Vape' has been declared Word of the Year 2014 by Oxford Dictionaries. [Link]
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