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
Urban Word of the Day » bardcore
a spin-off of the word hardcore, used, when referring to Pornography, to refer to a movie that was made with a Shakespearean play as the original plot. Dude, I just saw my first bardcore movie, "A Midsummer's Night Cream!"
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Language Log » Rexthor
Today's xkcd: 
Mouseover Title: "The 95% confidence interval suggests Rexthor's dog could also be a cat, or possibly a teapot." But what if the publication doesn't give you the coordinates of the stars? Note that R2=0.06 is the sort of thing that all-too-often gets featured in scientific publications and then trumpeted in the mass-media uptake — if you don't believe … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » Updated online: Steal one's thunder
What's the origin of 'to steal one's thunder'? [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » Updated online: Umquhile
The ancient adverb 'umquhile' is long deceased. [Link]
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