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 » Assortative peeving
Girls With Slingshots for 12/23/2014: 
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Urban Word of the Day » freestyle
To make up a rap as you go. Could be a battle, a poem, or just a rap. I sit here spittin weird on this teen geared urban dictionary/ hopin the votes of my definition hit high notes like a canary/ So don't lose your skill and become sick and senile/ And as long as it ain't prewritten its kickin … [Link]
Language Log » All work and no play
Richard W sent in this photograph of the packaging for a keyboard / case that he recently bought to go with his iPad: 
The first two lines are Japanese. They read: Idō shite, shigoto suru, soshite mata idō suru 移動して、仕事する、 そしてまた移動する move, work, then move again The first line would end with a period / full stop (。) if this … [Link]
Language Log » Biemlfdlkk
Dan Levin has a nice article, "Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Adopt Names to Project Foreign Flair" (NYT, 12/27/14). Be sure to watch the slide show. Here's one of my favorites: 
The caption accompanying the photograph states: "Biemlfdlkk is a clothing brand that sponsors China’s national golf team. One employee said it was a German name; another said, 'it’s … [Link]
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