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 » "Butterfly" words as a source of etymological confusion
Nick Kaldis writes: I've started buying English etymology books for my 8-year-old daughter and I to explore; today we discovered that "butterfly" comes from "butter" + "shit", because their feces resemble butter. This sounded suspicious to me. Why wouldn't it just be "butter" + "fly"? After all, it is a flying insect, and it might have something to do with … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » condom game
Thisis a game that can have as many or as little amount of players as u want. it is played in a supermarket. u grab a box of condoms and follow and unsuspecting shopper. while they arent looking u slip the condoms into their shopping. Then u follow them to the checkout and see what happens. You score a point … [Link]
languagehat.com » How Shakespeare Spoke.
A nice half-hour episode of the BBC’s Word of Mouth show: To take us back to Shakespeare’s own time Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright hear Shakespeare as he himself would have spoken. The original, unvarnished version from linguist David Crystal and actor Ben Crystal. They look at the fashion for Original Pronunciation and ask what it can tell us … [Link]
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