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 » Hikikomori: social withdrawal in Japan
I learned about this phenomenon through this article: "Why won't 541,000 young Japanese leave the house?" (Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 9/12/16): According to a Japanese cabinet survey released Wednesday, there are currently 541,000 young Japanese aged between 15 and 39 who lead similarly reclusive lives. These people are known as hikikomori — a term the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry … [Link]
Omniglot blog » A bit of a breeze
One of the words that came up at the French conversation group this week was brise (breeze), which appears in the following expressions: – pare-brise = windscreen / windshield – brise matinale = early breeze – brise insulaire = island breeze – brise de mer = sea breeze – brise de terre = land breeze The French word brise and … [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » Updated online: Fair to middling
Any ideas on the origins of 'fair to middling'? [Link]
World Wide Words: Updates » Updated online: Joe Soap
Who, or what, is 'Joe Soap'? [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » jabber woke
to lecture about social injustice, while doing little to create change. I friend likes to jabber woke at our cafe, then go home to his hobby ranch.
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