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 » How Language Influences Emotion.
Gracie Lofthouse interviews cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith in the Atlantic about her new book, The Book of Human Emotions; it’s pretty hand-wavey stuff, but worth reading if only for the concept of “homefulness” and the fact that “The last person who was diagnosed with nostalgia as a cause of death died in 1918.” Thanks, Trevor! [Link]
Language Log » Rogue Finnish weatherword intrusion
Cameron M. sent in a screenshot of his weather report from a couple of days ago, in which the current weather in New York City is described as Pilvistä: 
Google Translate thinks that Pilvistä is Finnish for "mostly cloudy". In response to my questions, Cameron explained that I’ve never set foot in Finland. And I hadn’t been browsing about matters … [Link]
Language Log » Dumpster fire
A few years ago, I noticed hosts and callers on sports talk radio using the phrase "dumpster fire" as a metaphor for chaotically bad situations. And recently the usage seems to have spread to other domains and become more popular: Klaus Marre, "Sheldon Adelson’s Newspaper Is a Dumpster Fire", Who.What.Why 5/7/2016 Greg Wyshynski, "Dallas Stars goaltending exposed as smoldering dumpster fire; … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » beforeface
The face you make right before you bust Bruh my beforeface was crazy when we were doing it in that missionary position
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