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.
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Language Log » Pinyin memoirs
Chang Li-ching (my wife) wrote her childhood memoirs in Hanyu Pinyin (Romanized Mandarin): Pīnyīn Rìjì Duǎnwén (Pinyin Diary Essays). Li-ching specifically did NOT want her memoirs published in hanzi (Chinese characters). She was passionately devoted to farmers and workers — like John DeFrancis — and she wrote her memoirs in Pinyin as a testimony of her devotion to them. Aside … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Depressive Aggressive
When a person in casual conversation drops extremely depressing information in an order to derail the conversation to a more depressing state. Person 1:"Hey this restaurant is really great!"Person 2: "Yeah, but that time I was here my ex punched me in the face."Person 1: "…fuck…way too be depressive aggressive."
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