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 » ICD-10

Thursday 2 July 22:25:37 UTC 2015

Fred Pelzman, "The Craziness of ICD-10", MedPage Today 7/2/2015: At our faculty meeting last week, representatives of the medical college and the hospital came to update us on the changes coming into effect with ICD-10. The compliance officers went through the changes in regulations — for inpatients and outpatients — which we've all heard before, the changes in the rules, … [Link]

languagehat.com » Birthday Loot 2015.

Thursday 2 July 14:16:58 UTC 2015

As is traditional at LH, I hereby list the books I received for my birthday yesterday (I’ll create an Addendum for any late arrivals): Jabotinsky: A Life , by Hillel Halkin (review) St Petersburg: Shadows of the Past , by Catriona Kelly (review) Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 , by Stephen Kotkin (review) Shadow & Claw: The First Half of ‘The … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » red pilled

Thursday 2 July 7:30:00 UTC 2015

enlightened; aware of the nature of the universe. Is a reference to The Matrix (blue pill or red pill) "Wow, our philosophy professor is red pilled." [Link]

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