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 » Fraudulent number agreement
I continue to be puzzled by the fact that phishers are unable to manage simple number agreement: 
Um, "there are recent update in our security features"? And did they never learn about comma splices? "This is simply for your safety online, after your account update normal banking activities will resume." I recognize that the senders' native language is probably not … [Link]
Language Log » RBF
Lisa Feldman Barrett, "Hillary Clinton's 'Angry' Face", NYT 9/23/2016: When Hillary Clinton participated in a televised forum on national security and military issues this month, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, tweeted that she was “angry and defensive the entire time — no smile and uncomfortable.” Mrs. Clinton, evidently undaunted by Mr. Priebus’s opinion on when she … [Link]
Language Log » Close verbal shadowing
Rhett & Link: "They're so close they can finish each other's sentences." In the first part of the skit, Rhett & Link are demonstrating "close shadowing". This technique was probably invented as a children's game many millennia ago; but two decades before Rhett & Link were born, it was applied as a method for studying the psychology of speech perception. … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » steppin on my dick
when someone disrespects your manhood. chick: you can't even pay for dinner or kill a spider, what's wrong with you guy: damn quit steppin on my dick!
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languagehat.com » Rig(a)marole.
Reader Jeff sent me an e-mail to this effect: I recently wrote the word “rigamarole” on my computer, only to have the machine change it to “rigmarole”. Aghast, I checked, and found the latter is definitely a possible choice. On the other hand, I don’t think I have ever heard it without the a between g and m. Do we … [Link]
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