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
Omniglot blog » Unfolding developments
The word for to develop in Welsh is datblygu, which is a combination of dad (un-) and plygu (to fold), so Welsh developments “unfold”. Datblygu also means “to evolve; reveal, disclose, display. to unfold, unwrap, unfurl, unroll, spread out.” Plygu means “to (cause to) bend, deflect, bow, stoop, refract (light); fold, wrap. to subdue, subjugate, overcome; apply twist (meaning), distort, … [Link]
Language Log » Dialect death
Reports of the death of languages and the extinction of languages are alarmingly routine, but before a language dies out entirely, when it is endangered, its dialects die off one by one. "Last native speaker of Scots dialect dies" (10/6/12) Dialect Death: The case of Brule Spanish (1997) The list of publications documenting the dead and dying dialects could go … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » I Heard You Using the Microwave
This means that somebody was too loud during sex the night before.'Microwave' refers to the coitus that was had. Justine: Good morning, guys! How did you sleep? Carla: Not very well. Justine: why? Carla: I heard you using the microwave last night.. Justine: Oh dear..'You're just jealous because you heard HER using the microwave but you can't handle that heat!' … [Link]
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