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
languagehat.com » Particitrousers.
This is very silly, but I can’t resist sharing it: Ben Zimmer at the Log reports on the latest auto-replace disaster, which produced a sentence beginning “When the particitrousers of the revolutionary movement in Korea…”: We can surmise that when the UK edition of Harden’s book came out for the Kindle, an editor felt the need to screen it for … [Link]
Language Log » For all your sleeping needs
Chris Cillizza, "Donald Trump’s troll game of Jeb Bush: A+", WaPo 9/8/2015: The second the Internet alerted me to the fact that someone — a woman in a hat to be specific — had nodded off while on camera at a Jeb Bush event last week, the first thing that came to my mind was: Donald Trump is going to … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » DNB
a "Do Nothing Bitch". A girl who wants to be all pretty and fancy, just to have someone take care of her. "Don't waste your time on her, she's a DNB"
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Language Log » The growing expletive deficit at the White House
Obama, gleefully tossing remaining fucks out of window. https://t.co/osH6aCO1bg — Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) September 7, 2015 @TimFullerton I will give money especially for that wing. Much prefer it to the "changing the tone" alcove. — Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) September 7, 2015 If the expression is obscure to you, see: "The number of fucks you need to not give" … [Link]
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