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 » Königin Victoria.
From Dinah Birch’s TLS review (subscribers only) of A. N. Wilson’s Victoria: A Life 
Language Log » Sort of rubblish
Back in 2009, somebody (unfortunately I forget who it was) sent me this photograph of a sign in Beijing: 
Apparently these signs were posted all over Beijing during the Olympics as part of an effort to spruce up the city. The line at the top reads: cānyù lèsè fēnlèi 参与垃圾分类 ("participate in the sorting of rubbish") gòngjiàn héxié shèhuì 共建和谐社会 … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » species dysphoria
a feeling that one is in the body of the wrong species Alyssa: I told the shrink that I feel like a wild animal trapped in a human body, and she said it sounds like classic species dysphoria. Jacques: I know I was meant to be a dolphin. Why did I end up a sexy human instead?? Species dysphoria sucks. … [Link]
Language Log » Secret Dracula Star
[h/t Karl Narveson] As far as I can tell, the "secret" is the fact that Mr. Lee wrote and recorded heavy metal music towards the end of his life — which was not at all secret: In 2010 Lee won a Metal Hammer Golden Gods award for his work on ‘Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross’ and the Spirit … [Link]
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