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 » What is a vamp, and how do you re- one?
Or maybe, "What is vamping, and how could the Trump administration redo it?" Perhaps because I was very tired, that was my reaction to this story by Nia-Malika Henderson, "April Ryan asked the most important question of the Trump presidency", CNN 3/30/2017: After a contentious — and some said condescending, sexist and racist — back-and-forth with White House reporter April … [Link]
Language Log » You're a cow
From David Cragin: I was exchanging WeChats with a friend and she called me a cow, i.e., “Nǐ niú de 你牛的.” It immediately made me laugh because calling someone a cow isn’t a good way to engender warm feelings in English. Hā 哈!, but I guessed that in Chinese it must be a compliment. I asked its meaning and she … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Rollipokes, ronners and roudges
If I offered you a rollipoke, would you have any idea what it was or what to do with it? This is a word I came across while looking for something else in the Dictionary of The Scots Language / Dictionar o the Scots Leid today. It is defined as, “A sacking of loosely woven hemp in which cheese was … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Comfermative
When you confirm the affirmative. On the news tonight it was comfermative that the weather was hot.
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