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 » More katakana, fewer kanji
In a comment to "Character amnesia and kanji attachment " (2/24/16), I wrote: For the last 40 years and more, I have informally tracked kanji usage in Japanese books, newspapers, journals, magazines, signs, notices, labels, directions, messages, reports, business cards (meishi), packaging, etc., etc. and the conclusion I reach is that the proportion of kanji used now is much less … [Link]
languagehat.com » The Language of Tea.
Katie Butler Gao, a PhD student in linguistics, is working on an interesting project: The Language of Tea (2015, work in progress) The word for “tea” in the majority of the world’s languages comes from a borrowing of either the Northern Chinese word cha or the Southern Chinese word te (e.g. the Hindi word chai and the English word tea). … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » ass liquid
When you've eaten something that has totally fucked up your stomach. Then when you shit its a liquidy substance called ass liquid Yo I have no fucking idea what I ate but I've been pushing ass liquid for 3 days straight
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