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 » Simplification Isn’t Simple.
Victor Mair has a post at the Log about John McWhorter’s Wall Street Journal article “What the World Will Speak in 2115: A century from now, expect fewer but simpler languages on every continent.” After a fair amount of chitchat, the thread gets quite interesting; I agree with the commenters who say that no matter how much global power China … [Link]
Language Log » If Scotland win
Outside a pub near my office in Edinburgh on the day of an important soccer fixture between Germany and Scotland there was a sign saying: "Free pint if Scotland win!" Those with an eye for syntax will focus like a laser beam on the last letter of the last word. Should that have been "if Scotland wins"? The answer is … [Link]
Talk Wordy to Me » Scenes from a Blizzard
We’re in the middle of the Blizzard of 2015 up around Boston! I’d say we had about 20 inches when we got up this morning, and another 4-6 have fallen since then. Did some clearing today, but the storm is expected to last past midnight so we’ll do a lot more tomorrow. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Sad Masty
To masturbate while crying, and using the tears as lubricant im upset my cat died, but am gonna use these tears in my next sad masty to create a happy ending
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languagehat.com » 15 Unique German Illnesses.
An enjoyable list from Arika Okrent; alongside the usual suspects like Ostalgie (nostalgia for the old way of life in East Germany) and Weltschmerz (you probably know what Weltschmerz is), there are such piquant entries as Kevinismus (“a strange propensity to give their kids wholly un-German, American-sounding names like Justin, Mandy, Dennis, Cindy, and Kevin”) and Ichschmerz (“like Weltschmerz, but … [Link]
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