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
Omniglot blog » Magrangs
Does anyone know if there is a word for words that have the same length and constituent letters, but are not anagrams, such as bee and ebb, and aloof and offal. I received an email from Peter Hewkin today who suggests the word magrang (a magrang of anagram) for such words. Do you have other suggestions? Can you think of … [Link]
languagehat.com » Intervocalic Fortition.
The secret of language change, courtesy of xkcd (be sure to read the mouseover text). Thanks, Paul! [Link]
Language Log » PP attachment ambiguity of the month
Nora Kelly, "Susan Collins Unveils a Gun-Control Compromise: It would restrict sales to individuals on two terrorist watch lists", The Atlantic 6/21/2016. The obligatory screenshot: 
[h/t J. Patrick Pazdziora] [Link]
Language Log » Linguistic pranks
Today's xkcd, headlined "Intervocalic Fortition": 
Mouseover title: "These pranks happen all the time. English doesn't allow one-syllable words to end in a lax vowel, so writers on The Simpsons decided to mess with future linguists by introducing the word 'meh.'" For the truth about meh, see "Three scenes in the life of 'meh'", 2/26/2012. Of course there are other and … [Link]
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