John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Language Stuff

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 Perfect Language to Sell Pigs In.

Thursday 12 May 22:15:08 UTC 2016

Michael Hartnett, like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, abandoned English to write in a language that far fewer people read; I learned about him from an e-mail that linked to this five-minute interview in Irish: The bilingual poet Michael Hartnett died in Dublin on 13 October 1999. Renowned for his poetry in both English and Irish, he staked his claim to the … [Link]

Language Log » Bleg: Varieties of Spanish

Thursday 12 May 17:57:01 UTC 2016

Neville Ryant and I are experimenting with the use of audiobooks to study linguistic variation. As a contribution to that research, we'd like to ask Spanish-speaking readers to give their opinions about fifteen short samples, using an interactive survey posted here. Thanks in advance for your help! [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » girlfriend tax

Thursday 12 May 7:00:00 UTC 2016

The amount of fries taken by your female significant other, after you've already asked her if she was hungry but she insisted she didn't want anything. Boyfriend: "Babe, stop eating my fries, you said you didn't want any!" Girlfriend: "Girlfriend tax; I'm not going to eat all of it!" [Link]

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