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
Language Log » Vowels and consonants
Today's Frazz: 
Update — A sample of relevant earlier LLOG posts. "Taking the fun out of cussing since 2004": "The FCC and the S word" (1/25/2004) "The S-word and the F-word" (6/12/2004) “You taught me language, and my profit on’t / Is, I know how to curse”, 7/17/2005 "Curses!" (7/20/2005) "Call me… unpronounceable", 9/6/2005 "Thinking specifically about the F-word", 4/2/2006 … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Language quiz
Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken? [Link]
Language Log » A succor born every minute
Great news (if you're a pompous idiot)! There is news from the UK's Daily Mail of an app that will ruin your SMS messages and make you sound like someone who went through a matter transporter with a thesaurus! So in case you should want to completely wreck your chances of ever getting another date with anyone normal, the Mail's … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » umop apisdn
It's upside down, upside down. umop apisdn
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