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.

Language On the Net

Language Log » How to pronounce "parmesan"

Tuesday 19 May 22:28:43 UTC 2015

The Cambridge Dictionaries Online entry for the pronunciation of parmesan (cheese) in American English is a fine example of broad-transcription IPA style: But the button labelled with an audio icon and a blue "US" leads to http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/~ which is an interesting surprise: If you're wondering whether the audio for "parmesan" can be found listed under "Pennsylvania", the answer is "apparently … [Link]

languagehat.com » A Shared Imperial Culture.

Tuesday 19 May 18:35:21 UTC 2015

I enjoyed Peter Brown’s Through the Eye of a Needle so much that I’m now reading a book Brown highly recommended, The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 , by Chris Wickham. I already like two things very much about Wickham’s approach: he covers the Byzantine, Islamic, and Eastern European worlds on a par with Western Europe, and he … [Link]

Language Log » The politics of multilingualism in Hong Kong

Tuesday 19 May 18:09:23 UTC 2015

The following article by Danny Mok appeared in today's South China Morning Post: "Police? Jing Cha? Altered helmet may spell 'trouble' for city policeman" (5/19/15) The article commenced with this photograph: Since the SCMP may be behind a paywall for most Language Log readers, here is the entirety of the relatively short article: Police? Jing Cha? A traffic officer caused … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » Down yonder

Tuesday 19 May 7:00:00 UTC 2015

Distance between 50 & 100 yards. It's down yonder. [Link]

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