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 » SERE
Michael Kaan writes: I was looking up information on the SERE program after watching Zero Dark Thirty, and noticed the odd patch the program has for its insignia: 
In the United States, SERE is an acronym for Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape. In the United Kingdom, SERE is an acronym for Survive, Evade, Resist and Extract. Michael continues: Of interest … [Link]
Language Log » Tweet Chinese Fired
Jose Pagliery and Frank Pallotta, "Hacked news companies tweet Chinese fired on U.S. warship", CNN 1/16/2015: 
[h/t Dmitri Ostrovsky] [Link]
languagehat.com » The Murty Classical Library.
When my brother sent me this NY Times story by Jennifer Schuessler (thanks, Eric!), I was confused at first: didn’t I post about this years ago, and hasn’t it already gone under? But then I realized I was thinking of New York University Press’s Clay Sanskrit Library, which I wrote about in 2008; as this story says, it “closed up … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » hate us cause they anus
A way of saying the phrase, "Hate us cause they ain't us" with a little more elegance. Webster: "Boy I'll tell ya Garth, them jocks are always ragging on us for our programming skills." Garth: "Hate us cause they anus!"
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