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 Great Fututiones Debate.
This is one of the best letter exchanges I’ve seen. Here’s the intro: “It is not easy to write a Life of Catullus”, Helen Morales observes in the TLS of April 22. Nor, apparently, is it a straightforward matter to translate him. Professor Morales was reviewing two books, Daisy Dunn’s Catullus’ Bedspread: The life of Rome’s most erotic poet and … [Link]
Wordorigins.org » right stuff
Today the phrase the right stuff is inextricably linked to test pilots and astronauts, thanks to Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book The Right Stuff and the 1983 Hollywood movie made from it about the early years of the U. S. space program. The right stuff is that ineffable quality that makes one right for a particular job, a combination of skill, … [Link]
Language Log » The embrace of algae
Apparently being covered in pond slime can be a Good Thing: 
That's an advertisement in the elevator at the LREC 2016 site. The legend sounds like a chapter heading from a dystopian SF novel, but apparently it's an experience worth 46,80 €. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Boobstracted
*Having a hard time as a male to look a woman in the eyes because of her distracting front torso *Having a hard time as a male to focus on ANYTHING because of a distracting female torso in sight I didn't noticed the yellow car, because I was boobstracted by Caroline. Sorry, you were saying? I was totally boobstracted, apologies. … [Link]
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