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.

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Language Log » The languages of India

Friday 7 April 13:36:07 UTC 2017

At several stations on the commute from Swarthmore to University City station, around half of the people who get on the train are Indians. Usually they are happily conversing with each other in one or another South Asian language. Today the train was packed, and I was sitting on the aisle seat next to four Indian men who were talking … [Link]

languagehat.com » Great Mennonite Schisms.

Friday 7 April 0:58:38 UTC 2017

I’ve always been a fan of schisms and heresies (see this post and those linked in its first sentence), so of course I was pleased to find “In Praise of Older Schisms,” by slklassen, the Drunken Mennonite; I knew I had to bring it here when I got to the last one: 10. The Famous Bonnet Controversy of Stirling Ave. … [Link]

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