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 » Spoken Language Quiz.
Can you guess the language being spoken? Takes a while to load (at least it did for me), but worth it. I got fewer wrong than I would have expected; I was not at all surprised that one of the ones I missed was European Portuguese (see this LH post). Thanks, Bathrobe! Update. It seems to be loading pretty much … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Man on the moon
A person who is not an outcast but different from everyone else. A unique person, different in a good way. That guy in the corner is a man on the moon heard he was actually really cool.
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languagehat.com » The Feast of Purism.
I’ve posted about National Grammar Day before (1, 2), and I do so once again for the same good reason: because it has inspired a brilliant response, in this case by Dennis Baron, “Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?“: Today is National Grammar Day, otherwise known as the Feast of Purism. It is the holiest day … [Link]
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