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 » Begging the Question III.
Two more language-related Wondermark cartoons by David Malki ! (previous Wondermark here, previous begging the question here and here): BBB…eing wrong. Containing multitudes. As always, be sure to read the mouseover text. (Thanks, Sven!) [Link]
Language Log » Character conversion blues
Mike Miller writes: I recently stayed in a hotel in a smaller city in Shandong and was surprised to see what they are calling a hair dryer these days. Here's a photograph that Mike sent along: 
Several things to note. First, the brand name is in Pinyin, with no Chinese characters to match. Second, they use traditional characters to write … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » trumperbate
The act of delusionally self-rewarding oneself for the occurrance of a terrible event by publicly masturbating while simultaneously spamming Twitter. Verb: Donald Trump unpresidentially trumperbated all over himself and the Twitter world when he "appreciated" the congratulations for the massacre in Orlando. Noun: Hey, did you see Trump's big trumperbate last night? He must have bust all over his small … [Link]
Language Log » On this day
Paul Ryan's July 4 statement (emphasis added): On this year’s Fourth, we can celebrate the historic document that was signed—and the self-evident truths it declared. We can celebrate the historic battles that were fought so that those truths would embrace all of our people. We can remember the extraordinary men and women, so dedicated to those truths, who died on … [Link]
languagehat.com » Penguin Classics and Elda Rotor.
Don Jaucian has a nice piece on Penguin Classics publisher Elda Rotor (what a wonderful name: Elda Rotor!) that starts by pointing out that she took the job in 2006, the same year Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere was published under the Penguin Classics banner; she has been promoting the literature of her native country ever since: After Rizal’s … [Link]
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