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 » Veltman: I Am Not I.
Russian literature of the later nineteenth century was dominated by the notorious question that served as the title of Chernyshevsky’s famous 1863 novel, What Is to Be Done? This is not a question that much interests me as a reader of literature, nor did it much interest Alexander Veltman; unfortunately, by midcentury the Russian intelligentsia was totally obsessed by it … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Smithereens
What's the source of the expressive term 'smithereens'. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Volleyballene
'Volleyballene' is a substance that has recently been designed but not yet made. [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » New online: Trove
Does 'trove' exist as a word in its own right? [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Masturwait
Fapping while you're watching porn but you're waiting because the video's buffering. Due to my slow internet, I had to masturwait.
[Link]
languagehat.com » Tannu Tuva.
When I was a kid and collected stamps, I remember being struck by the exotic name “Tannu Tuva” as well as the exotic stamps produced under that name (as that article says, “these exotic stamps were popular with young collectors during the middle of the twentieth century”). I’ve been going through some old files and I found a sheet headed … [Link]
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
You must log in to post a comment.