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.
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Language Log » Oli ko goli
Anschel Schaffer-Cohen writes: I was reading this Guardian article about the newly elected prime minister of Nepal, and I was a bit surprised by this sentence: Oli, 63, is generally popular in Nepal and has a reputation for being outspoken. Some use the phrase “Oli ko goli” to describe him – “When Oli speaks, he fires [a bullet]”. Can so … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Pedo stache
A mustache that a pedofile would have. It is unkempt and awkwardly unmanly. Often there is barely even any hair there and it looks like a sad attempt of a pre-puberty teen to have facial hair. Imagine Napoleon Dynamite's brother's stache but worse. Johnny: "Hey, do you like the new mustache I'm growing?!" Nathan: "Eww, no!! Shave that pedo stache … [Link]
Language Log » Chinese internet slang, acronyms, and common expressions
Of the many websites dealing with contemporary Chinese language and culture, chinaSMACK is one of the best. So eye-popping is chinaSMACK's content that I could very easily spend nearly all of my time immersed in it. One chinaSMACK feature that undoubtedly will be of considerable interest to Language Log readers is this glossary of terms frequently encountered on the Chinese … [Link]
languagehat.com » Saving Hakka.
Yes, this narrative.ly piece by Rosalie Chan is another “saving an endangered language” story, but Hakka is really interesting: It’s 6:30 p.m. at a radio studio in Miaoli, a small city in Western Taiwan. Yin Chang is plugged in. Her headphones are on, and the microphone is adjusted close to her mouth. The lights are dim; a blue banner declaring … [Link]
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