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 » Languagehat Returns.
Well, that was unexpected. You feel an unusual sense of compression in your abdomen, and before you know it an ER surgeon is telling you your appendix has to come out and having you wheeled off to the operating room. The team at Cooley Dickinson was wonderful and I had a relatively quick and easy recovery, but after a long … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » nosecicles
Frozen snots dangling from noses, created during cold weather. People shoveling snow need to watch out for nosecicles.
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Language Log » Year of the ovicaprid
According to the Chinese zodiac, the coming New Year is referred to as yángnián 羊年, but there's a problem: what animal are they referring to? Is it the "year of the ram", the "year of the sheep", the "year of the goat", or something else? The Chinese media are having a field day mischievously gloating over our consternation: Wàiméi jiūjié … [Link]
Language Log » Official standard
I received the following message from a young Chinese scholar who is studying in America: Improving my English and understanding Western culture, as well as dealing with racial and gender issues as an Asian female and also a first-generation immigrant in this country, is much easier than being part of the 官本位 culture in China, though I was born and … [Link]
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