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
Urban Word of the Day » resting asshole face
A person, usually a boy, who naturally looks mean when his face is expressionless, without meaning to. Nah, he's just got a resting asshole face, he's actually really cool [Link]
Language Log » Conmen
Gotta be careful when you pick your URL, otherwise something like this might happen to you. The Chinese Confucius and Mencius Association of Taiwan has the following URL for their website: CONMEN.ORG.TW Documented in "A Most Unfortunate URL Choice" (9/24/15) on Michael Turton's "The View from Taiwan: Commentary from Taichung, Taiwan". Confucius, of course, was the "Great Sage" and "First … [Link]
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