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

languagehat.com » UCL Open Access Publishing.

Friday 5 June 23:54:08 UTC 2015

According to a Times Higher Education story by Paul Jump, University College London is going to do its own publishing and move to open access in a big way: The UCL Press imprint, which it had previously licensed to commercial publishers, was repatriated by the university earlier this year. UCL Press is now a department within the institution’s Library Services, … [Link]

Language Log » Eighteenth-century European sources for some Chinese proverbs

Friday 5 June 20:06:28 UTC 2015

Jan Söhlke was intrigued by the issue of fake Chinese proverbs that had come up in some recent Language Log posts. That reminded him of the time when he was preparing his MA Thesis he stumbled across an unusual selection of Chinese proverbs. His thesis is on Wilhelm Raabe's novel Das Odfeld. As a motto Raabe uses a quote from … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » Lookin' Friday

Friday 5 June 8:00:00 UTC 2015

When you're dressed in your Friday best ready to hit the bars and pick up some chicks. Lookin fly as a mother fucker. Person A: Man do you think I'm dressed well enough for the party?Person B: Sheeeeit, you lookin' Friday as hell. [Link]

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