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.
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Language Log » Tribes
Bob Bauer writes: Yesterday I discovered that the concept 'person who is continuously looking at or obsessively interacting with his/her smartphone or other type of electronic handheld device' has been lexicalized in Cantonese as 低頭族 dai1 tau4 zuk6 (literally, 'head-down tribe') (according to an article by Mark Sharp in the South China Morning Post). [VHM: See "Beware the smartphone zombies … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » cheers big ears
An Australianism associated with drinking: When you're about to take a drink, you say "cheers big ears". There are two usual responses: "same goes big nose," or "up your nose with a rubber hose." (At the pub after raising your glass) You – "Cheers big ears" Me – "same goes big nose" (Followed by a wink and a big long … [Link]
languagehat.com » Anna Berzer: An Appreciation.
I like to occasionally celebrate the overlooked heroes of literary history, and I recently ran across a fine example in the Faculty Of Useless Knowledge post Thank You Asya!, about Anna Berzer (Russian Wikipedia). Here’s an excerpt: The woman I am talking about was a literary critic and the editor of the literary submissions in Novyi Mir (1958-71), – Anna … [Link]
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