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 » The Greek ballot measure
Below is a guest post by Jason Merchant. With the eyes of the world on the developments in Greece this week, the exact form of the question that will be put to Greek voters this coming Sunday, 5 July, in the referendum that Prime Minister Tsipras announced this past weekend is of no small importance, and almost every commentator in … [Link]
languagehat.com » Via Bulbul on Facebook.
A couple of items I found while scanning my FB feed this morning (I generally do so once a day, which my younger acquaintances find hilarious): 1) Malta’s own colourful 18th century expletives: In the 17th and 18th century, people used to report their neighbours to the Inquisitor for any behaviour they deemed went against the Catholic religion. Blasphemy was … [Link]
Language Log » Goldensmell salt and milkfish balls
Jackie and Mimi, Toni Tan's daughters, spotted two interesting products at the Asian supermarket near their home. 
The operative readings on the respective packages are: jīnzhīwèi 金之味 ("golden taste") shīmùyúwán 虱目鱼丸 (lit., "louse / cootie eye fish ball") The glitch with the first translation is due to the wrong choice among the various meanings of wèi 味 ("flavor; taste; smell; … [Link]
Language Log » Just riffing
Ellen Leanse, "'Just' Say No", women2.0 2/17/2014 (republished as "Un'Just'", LinkedIn 5/15/2015, and "Google and Apple alum says using this one word can damage your credibility", Business Insider 6/25/2015 — the quotes are from the Business Insider version): A few years back I noticed something: the frequency with which the word "just" appeared in email and conversation from female co-workers … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Rich Rolling
Verb: the act of showing one's most ornate materials (i.e. Cars, jewels, clothes, weave, new nails) once said person comes into money, expected or unexpected. Damn, Lexo been rich rolling like a mutha since she hit that lotto!
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