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 » More old names for Singapore

Wednesday 19 October 13:27:44 UTC 2016

We have already studied an old name for Singapore on the back of an envelope dating to 1901: "An old name for Singapore" (9/6/16) Now, Ruben de Jong, relying on the works of Dutch scholars, has discovered several others. The first comes from Gustav Schlegel, ‘Chinese loanwords in the Malay language’, T’oung Pao 1.5 (1891): 391-405, 393. Here's a screen … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » accountabilabuddy

Wednesday 19 October 10:10:05 UTC 2016

A friend, maybe a best friend, who you get into trouble with and who is somewhat responsible for your actions. Dude, Kyle is totally my accountabilabuddy. Good lookin out Kyle. [Link]

languagehat.com » A Corfiot Complaint.

Wednesday 19 October 0:19:54 UTC 2016

My wife and I recently watched the first episode of the new PBS Masterpiece series The Durrells in Corfu and thoroughly enjoyed it; it is, as this review says, delightful, and it makes a very pleasant and undemanding way to finish an evening. But I do have one complaint I have to get off my chest. They distort historical fact … [Link]

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