John Gordon Ross

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Language Stuff

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 » Some kind of strict police

Monday 19 September 20:37:14 UTC 2016

Today's xkcd: Mouseover title: "* Mad about jorts". Some resonance with "Some kind of grammar, um, strict police", 2/24/2009. [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » See you later masturbator

Monday 19 September 9:00:00 UTC 2016

A variation of see you later alligator Beef: "See you later masturbator" Jack: "In a while, pedophile" [Link]

Language Log » When Uptalk Went Viral

Monday 19 September 2:40:41 UTC 2016

This is a guest post by Cynthia McLemore, following up on Ben Zimmer's post on "'Uptalk' in the OED", 9/12/2016. Twenty three years after James Gorman coined a word for “those rises” in the New York Times and unleashed a viral phenomenon associated with my name, and on the occasion of the OED's latest entries, Language Log has invited me … [Link]

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