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
Language Log » Fry the red hand
Maidhc Mac Roibin spotted this oddly named item on the menu (bottom right) of the Nutrition Restaurant in Cupertino, CA: 
hóngyóu chǎoshǒu 红油炒手 (lit., "fried hand with / in red oil") The English ("Fry the red hand"), of course, is ridiculous, but the Chinese itself is wrong. It should be hóngyóu chāoshǒu 红油抄手 ("wonton [soup] with spicy sauce"). The erroneous … [Link]
Language Log » Warm tip
Jan Söhlke received a fresh batch of Tieguanyin from China. The tea helps him get through the dark and cold season, this time the more so as it came with a »warm tip«: 
Jan remarks: Don't know if either that or the »calculation« of goods is interesting for you. I found both a bit odd, but my ears are of … [Link]
Language Log » Accents
The entertainment potential of regional varieties of American English has apparently hit the late-night TV zeitgeist. Here's a brilliant trailer, for the imaginary movie Boston Accent (posted on YouTube 1/21/2016): And a new kind of competition, the Accent-Off (also posted on 1/21/2016): The formation accent-off is on the pattern of play-off, run-off (in elections or tournaments, not rainstorms), cook-off, bake-off, … [Link]
Language Log » Kongish, ch. 2
In "Kongish" (8/6/15), we looked at the phenomenon of extensive mixing of English and Cantonese by young people in Hong Kong. We also became acquainted with the Kongish Daily, a Facebook page written in and about Kongish. Many Language Log readers thought it was a satire or parody and that it was an ephemeral fad that would swiftly fade away. … [Link]
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