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 » Various types of whatever(s)
Joan Maling writes: The various co-authors on a neurolinguistics paper (I am one) have different judgments about the following: a. two principal kinds of hypothesis b. two principal kinds of hypotheses The two British co-authors prefer singular hypothesis; two Americans prefer plural hypotheses. Curious. Has anyone looked at this variation, either as an idiolectal or a dialectal difference? I don't … [Link]
languagehat.com » Bedridden.
My wife asks interesting questions about words, and the most recent was “Why do we say ‘bedridden’?” I opened my mouth, realized I didn’t have anything useful to say, and turned to the dictionary. The answer is simple but unpredictable, and since others may well be interested, I’m sharing it here. The Online Etymology Dictionary has a good summary: bedridden … [Link]
Language Log » Trump insults his rattle rivals
FML writes that a headline in this morning's WSJ print edition "totally garden-pathed me": 
But FML also notes that the headline for the same article on line is completely clear: "Donald Trump’s Insults Rattle Republican Rivals, Please Fans". [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Apple Picking
When someone steals Apple Products such as iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, and other stuff created by Apple. Person 1: Some guy was Apple Picking his iPhone. Person 2: I still have my iPad on my backpack to avoid that Apple Picker. Person 1: I think that guy wanted an iPhone so bad. Person 2: I hope I don't get robbed… … [Link]
Language Log » His hemp-devoted head
So I was reading about the Alien Friends Act, and in James Morton Smith, "The Enforcement of the Alien Friends Act of 1798", The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1954, I stumbled on a quotation from "The Political Green-House, for the year 1798", which with a bit of extra context runs like this: Lo! now too dismal forms* draw nigh, And … [Link]
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