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 » Mongolian transliterations of Donald Trump's name
We've looked fairly intensively at transcriptions of our new President's name in Chinese and, en passant, in Japanese, Korean, and other languages: "Trump translated" (8/31/16) — about halfway down in the o.p. "Transcription of "Barack Obama", "Hillary Clinton", and "Donald Trump" in the Sinosphere" (10/2/16) "Chinese transcriptions of Donald Trump's surname" (11/23/16) For those who are interested in how the … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » chop
The act of picking someone up. i chopped this girl in the subway last weekend.
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