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 » Glossa.
A Linguistlist posting by Stefan Müller, “Glossa: a journal of general linguistics is the new Lingua” : Today I have heard of a quite dramatic change for our field: all 6 editors of Lingua resigned and all 31 members of the editorial board resigned as well. They will start a new journal called: Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. The … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » onion check
The act of checking the source of a ridiculous headline to see if it's real, or if it's from The Onion. I've been doing more onion checks since Trump started running for office.
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Urban Word of the Day » sleep swiping
When you accidentally like someone on tinder cause you dozed off for a minute while swiping Oh damn, hope I don't get a match on that guy/girl, I was sleep swiping!
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