John Gordon Ross

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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

Wordorigins.org » Cunk on Shakespeare

Tuesday 17 May 13:43:00 UTC 2016

Philomena Cunk examines the life and work of William Shakespeare: Cunk, played by comedian Diane Morgan, has this to say about Richard III: Shakespeare wrote loads of plays about royals, known as his history plays. It was his way of pleasing the king and queen by doing stuff about their families, a bit like when your mum buys the local … [Link]

Language Log » Q. Pheevr's Law

Tuesday 17 May 11:59:59 UTC 2016

In a comment on one of yesterday's posts ("Adjectives and Adverbs"), Q. Pheevr wrote: It's hard to tell with just four speakers to go on, but it looks as if there could be some kind of correlation between the ADV:ADJ ratio and the V:N ratio (as might be expected given that adjectives canonically modify nouns and adverbs canonically modify verbs). … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » no chill zone

Tuesday 17 May 7:00:00 UTC 2016

You ain't got no chill, like you don't take shit lightly. Your zone is always turnt. There is no turning down when you are in your zone. Rose had no chill zone when it came to tacos [Link]

languagehat.com » Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.

Tuesday 17 May 1:02:38 UTC 2016

I can’t believe I’ve never reported on this massive lexicographical project before, but such appears to be the case. Happily, Byrd Pinkerton has done an NPR piece that gives me a chance to remedy the omission: On the second floor of an old Bavarian palace in Munich, Germany, there’s a library with high ceilings, a distinctly bookish smell and one … [Link]

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