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 » The Tary-Bary of the Birds.
According to this metkere.com piece, during restoration work in the Assumption Cathedral of Zvenigorod, archaeologists found centuries’ worth of birds’ nests under the decayed roof: Researchers were surprised when during the decomposition of the nests they started finding paper documents from different periods in the addition to birds’ bones and eggshells. In particular, they found XVIII century manuscripts and notes … [Link]
Wordorigins.org » leech
Leech is a noun with two distinct meanings, or perhaps it is more accurately stated that leech is two separate nouns that are spelled the same and often conflated. The word is the name for a type of blood-sucking invertebrate, and it also is an archaic term for a physician or healer. The two senses are associated because physicians used … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Free Language Podcast
Yesterday I did an interview over Skype with Chapman Woodriff, who runs FreeLanguage.org, which provides a variety of language-learning material and advice. Chapman made the interview into a podcast in which I explain how I got into languages, how I started Omniglot and how people can use Omniglot to learn languages. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Insta-lerking
Going more than 25 weeks deep into someone that you fantasize about's Instagram Page and not liking any pictures. Gurl#1: i was insta-lerking Dequans page last night. Gurl #2: Did you like any pictures? Gurl #1: Hell no, i was 56 weeks deep into that page gurl!!!!
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Language Log » Tibetan –> Chinese –> Chinglish
One of my graduate students sent me the following picture (click to embiggen): 
The English translation of the title is a mess. Before trying to figure out what the original Tibetan references were, we need first to translate the Chinese more accurately: Règòng Zàng xiāng 热贡藏乡 ("Regong Tibetan Township") Liùyuè huì 六月会 ("June [or Sixth Month] festival") Lāshízé shén wǔ … [Link]
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