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 » Let Me In 4
Referring to its title as "Kochinglish", Kendall Willets called my attention to the following Korean TV show: 
논란을 넘어 감동으로, 인생대반전 메이크오버쇼 Kendall notes: "It's apparently a makeover show for people who like puns." The title, at least, depends on a bilingual pun to work: Let 美人 4 美人 ("beauty") is "miin" in Korean, so that is an evident pun … [Link]
languagehat.com » Dostoevsky’s Weak Heart.
I’ve just finished Dostoevsky’s 1848 story “Слабое сердце” (“A Weak Heart,” translated by Constance Garnett as “A Faint Heart“), and it’s much better than I expected; in fact, I’d say it’s the best thing he wrote before being sent off to Siberia. It starts with a comic scene — Vasya Shumkov, a young clerk, comes home to tell his roommate … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Narcisexual
Narcisexual, rooting to the word of Narcissist (loving yourself), means you are only sexually attracted to yourself. (Also see Narciromantic) "I think he's Narcisexual. He's never slept with anyone and he said he masturbates all the time."
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Language Log » Word aversion science
Paul Thibodeau et al., "An Exploratory Investigation of Word Aversion", COGSCI 2014: Why do people self-report an aversion to words like “moist”? The present study represents an initial scientific exploration into the phenomenon of word aversion by investigating its prevalence and cause. We find that as many as 20% of the population equates hearing the word “moist” to the sound … [Link]
Language Log » Reading for pleasure at a young age
I'm often amazed (and pleased) at how children already in elementary school are reading big books for fun. They can curl up for hours with the Harry Potter novels and read them all by the time they enter middle school, and while in middle school they finish off more challenging fantasy works like The Hobbit and The Lord of the … [Link]
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