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
Urban Word of the Day » Preemptive Ejaculation
1.) Similar to premature ejaculation, but occurring even sooner.2.) Jerking off to calm down before meeting up with a girl. 1.) Bob was so horny, he preemptively ejaculated at first base.2.) Preemptive ejaculation will keep you from doing something stupid on your first date with Brandy.
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Urban Word of the Day » i just wanna talk to him
when you are going to punch or hurt someone Guy to other guy, "nah i just wanna talk to him"
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Language Log » You extraterrestrial tease, you
From Tal Linzen — Google Translate renders Hebrew "Please return to me" as "Please me like an alien creature": 
Tal explains: The first word אנא ['ana] means 'please' (though only in the request sense) and the last word אלי [e'laj] means 'to me'. The source of the mistranslation is the second word חיזרי, which can be either [xiz'ri] 'return (imperative, … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Snickerdoodles
I came across an interesting word in one of the books I read recently – snickerdoodles. From the context I guessed that they are something you eat, but wasn’t sure what. I now know that a snickerdoodle is a type of cookie made with butter or oil, sugar, and flour rolled in cinnamon sugar that is characterized by a cracked … [Link]
Language Log » Collect Fees Documents at Miss Hot Cafe
Toni Tan writes: I don't eat out much, but when I do, this is one of my favorite places. The food is spicy; however, I don't think it is cuisine from Szechuan because the dishes aren't oily at all. The menu items are rather quirkily named (e.g., fish with sour cabbage). In fact, my favorite dish there is called Big … [Link]
Language Log » Plebgate judgment
I spent Monday, November 24, in courtroom 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice in London. For a small part of that time, I testified as an expert witness; for the rest of the day, I was an interested spectator. What was the occasion? Peter Walker explains ("Andrew Mitchell and the Plebgate affair explained for non-Brits", The Guardian 11/27/2014): It all … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » fuck up some comma's
Blow an excessive amount of money Let's fuck up some comma's
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languagehat.com » Not Truly Lost.
Emily Chung has a CBC story reporting on an interesting discovery: You may not recall any memories from the first year of life, but if you were exposed to a different language at the time, your brain will still respond to it at some level, a new study suggests. Brain scans show that children adopted from China as babies into … [Link]
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