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 » Norn.
A while back I quoted this passage from MacDiarmid’s On a Raised Beach: I try them with the old Norn words – hraun, Duss, rønis, queedaruns, kollyarum; They hvarf from me in all directions Over the hurdifell – klett, millya hellya, hellyina bretta, Hellyina wheeda, hellyina grø, bakka, ayre, – And lay my world in kolgref. If anyone wondered what … [Link]
the world in words » A bilingual seal of approval for high school graduates
Peter Kuskie and Maria Regalado are students at Hillsboro High in Oregon and are on track to receive a new bilingual seal on their diplomas. (Photo: Monica Campbell) Read this post from Monica Campbell. Or listen to the podcast above. Let’s take a trip back to September 1995, when Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was talking about education on the campaign … [Link]
Language Log » Thick toast: another new Cantonese pun
For the last few weeks, we have been pondering the ban on puns in the People's Republic of China: "When puns are outlawed …" (12/9/2014); "It's not just puns that are being banned in China" (12/7/14); "Punning banned in China"(11/29/14). Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Cantonese speakers are coming up with new words, most of them involving puns, practically every day: … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Haps and Mishaps
A mishap is “an unlucky accident”, according to the Oxford Dictionaries, and is often accompanied by the word minor – e.g. we had a few minor mishaps in the kitchen, but at least we didn’t burn the chicken. I happened upon the word mishap today and it got me wondering whether the word hap also exists. It does, though it … [Link]
Language Log » Mazel Tov, Molotov, whatever
Jessie Opoien, "The political pitfalls of cultural crossover: Scott Walker edition", The Capitol Times 12/10/2014: 
In an undated letter unearthed by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now during the August release of documents from the first of two John Doe investigations related to the governor, Walker responded to a letter from Milwaukee attorney and chairman of the Wisconsin Center District Franklyn … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » in their feelings
When someone is too caught up in their feelings and lets their emotions over-ride everything else in their life. Aubrey: Hey Wayne, why did he punch me? Wayne: they were just up in their feelings
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languagehat.com » Carissa and Karanda.
I was looking up something else in Alan Davidson’s Penguin Companion to Food 
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