John Gordon Ross

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Language Stuff

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 » "Elsewhere": electronic alibis

Wednesday 29 April 10:14:53 UTC 2015

American readers may not yet have heard the recent story about the chairman of the Conservative Party in Britain, Grant Shapps MP. He has been accused of sock-puppetry: editing his own Wikipedia page to remove unfavorable references to his business life (and editing the pages about other Conservative MPs to highlight unfavorable aspects of their lives). And his response was … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » Netflix Bipolar

Wednesday 29 April 7:00:00 UTC 2015

When you can't choose what to watch on Netflix so you keep switching from thing to thing Last night I was being so Netflix bipolar I was watching saw,grease , and comic book men at the same time [Link]

languagehat.com » The Curious Incident of the Odd Words.

Wednesday 29 April 1:00:51 UTC 2015

Something recently struck me about Wolf Hall (which I’ve almost finished): I haven’t had to look up any words. This is fairly astonishing for a historical novel; from Walter Scott on, novelists who dabble in the dead past tend to pound nails in its coffin not only with words like “thee” and “thither” and “accoutred” and exclamations like “Over God’s … [Link]

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