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
Language Log » "Donald Trump lives, works, eats…" what now?
Donald Trump supporter Sean O'Loughlin sent out a pro-Trump press release ("Dear America") with this bizarre passage: When people on the news call Donald Trump a racist, I find that statement difficult to believe. Like myself, Donald Trump is a life-long New Yorker. Donald Trump lives, works, eats and employs people of all races and religions. J.B. Wogan shared this … [Link]
Language Log » Apps for casual sex
There are so many people out there designing apps. It's potentially a very lucrative business, since, if you come up with the right app to fill a need for millions of people, you can strike it rich. Consequently, with thousands of people coming up with new apps all the time, there seems to be an app for almost everything under … [Link]
Language Log » Erdoğan
Below is a guest post by Bob Ladd: Recent events in Turkey have meant that President Erdoğan is in headlines around the world – except that in many parts of the world, the headlines are about President “Erdogan”. A few newspapers outside Turkey faithfully reproduce the yumuşak G (the letter G with a short mark or caron, which between vowels … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » More than one "y"
When a women texts you using more than one "y" it means they like or have a crush on you. Girl: Heyyyy Boy: Hi Girl: I like you. Boy: I know… You used more than one "y".
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languagehat.com » McWhorter on The Euphemism Treadmill.
I sometimes get annoyed with John McWhorter, but when he’s good he’s very good, and his Aeon essay on euphemisms is probably the best thing I’ve read on this vexed topic. The core of his point is in this paragraph: What the cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker has artfully termed ‘the euphemism treadmill’ is not a tic or a … [Link]
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