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
Omniglot blog » A banana regime
I discovered yesterday that the French equivalent of a bunch of bananas is un régime des bananes. Régime also means (political) regime, (administrative) system, (engine) speed/revs, and un régime alimentaire is a diet. Other French words for bunch include: – un bouquet de fleurs = a bunch of flowers – un trousseau de clés = a bunch of keys – … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » twenty four hour ice
When you are pissed at your significant other so you don't communicate with them for twenty four hours."Yeah, Ryan wouldn't stop making fun of my leather jogging pants, I think it's time for some twenty four hour ice." Ryan wouldn't stop making jokes about my sweatpants, so I am putting him on twenty four hour ice.
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Language Log » Advocate
From Coby Lubliner: A few years ago, when I heard someone introduced on the radio as a "domestic-violence advocate," I assumed that it was a slip-up associated with the informality of radio, and what was meant was something like an advocate for victims of domestic violence, which was what they turned out to be. But this morning, in an article … [Link]
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