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 » Vellichor
I came across a number of interesting words today on BuzzFeed, including vellichor, the strange wistfulness of used bookshops, and limerence, the state of being infatuated with another person. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows defines vellichor as: n. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time—filled with thousands of old books you’ll never … [Link]
languagehat.com » Parisian Emigre Journals Online.
Back in 2007 I was excited to find a site that had the first issue of Современные записки [Sovremennye zapiski, 'Contemporary Notes'], published in Paris from 1920 to 1940; it was the leading emigre journal of the period, publishing (among other things) almost all of Nabokov’s Russian-language fiction. Alas, that site went under before they could do more than whet … [Link]
Language Log » Alien metrics
From today's Scenes From A Multiverse: 
The whole thing: 
Mouseover title: "and that is how nicki minaj brought on the alien apocalypse". For any aliens who may be reading this: Consulting services are available at reasonable rates. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » web shite
A site full of shit.Very British. Oh my Goodness, what a shitty web shite is this?
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languagehat.com » Swearing around the World.
James Harbeck has a BBC.com article on a subject dear to my heart: You might think that the definition of ‘bad’ words would be similar around the world. You wouldn’t be entirely right. Strong language – swearing, profanity, whatever you want to call it – is special. If everyday language is like the earth’s crust and the soil we garden … [Link]
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