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 » NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI

Monday 10 August 22:09:12 UTC 2015

Julian Harrison, "Help Us Decipher This Inscription", British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog, 8/3/2015: Visitors to Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy may have noticed that we have one or two objects on display, in addition to the many manuscripts and documents telling Magna Carta's 800-year-old story. One of those objects is a double-edged sword, found in the first section of the exhibition, … [Link]

Language Log » Data

Monday 10 August 11:38:44 UTC 2015

Today's PhD Comics: Interesting that we haven't seen "datums", like "spectrums" and so on. [Link]

Language Log » Orthography and meaning

Monday 10 August 11:29:59 UTC 2015

Today's xkcd: [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » do a picasso

Monday 10 August 7:00:00 UTC 2015

When you have taken so many drugs your mouth is at the other side of your face to your eyes I'm going to do a picasso tonight, my face will be a picture. [Link]

languagehat.com » Russians in America: The Third Wave.

Monday 10 August 0:34:10 UTC 2015

Professor Thomas Beyer of Middlebury has a very useful website, Russians in America: The Third Wave. His front page begins: In 1972 Joseph Brodsky (Иосиф Бродский) leaves the Soviet Union and comes to settle in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the previous year Carl and Ellendea Proffer found Ardis and would begin publishing Russian Literature Triquarterly. With the passage of the … [Link]

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