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
languagehat.com » La Patisserie.
This story, which Anatoly (from whose post I translate it) calls “somehow very Israeli,” brightened this gray morning for me, and I hope it will amuse you, however your day may be going: A couple of years ago an amazing bakery appeared in our city. It was opened by a Frenchman who had flown here to conquer the Israeli market, … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Beat out a paycheck
To masturbate at work while on the clock. I was horny at work today, so I hit the hot steaming port a pot for half an hour to beat out a paycheck.
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languagehat.com » Wharf Quay Pier Jetty.
I found this diagram posted on Facebook; it’s a simple 2X2 according to which a wharf is built on piles and parallel to the shore, a quay is built on fill and ditto, a pier is built on piles and extending out from the shore, and a jetty is built on fill and ditto. Does that correspond to your understanding? … [Link]
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