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.

Language On the Net

Omniglot blog » Back to Bangor

Wednesday 3 May 18:51:18 UTC 2017

I finally returned to Bangor today after nearly 3 weeks away – I was only planning to be away for 3 days, but due to the slight mishap in London (a broken ankle), my plans changed a bit. My mum has looked after me very well, and been doing the cooking, laundry, shopping, etc. I’ll have to find ways to … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » No Shit-Situation

Wednesday 3 May 7:00:00 UTC 2017

When you can't poo. Brad, "Hey dude did you lay a big one in there?"Chad, "Nah brah, it was a no shit-situation."Brad, "Damn." [Link]

languagehat.com » Sriracha.

Wednesday 3 May 0:58:51 UTC 2017

My sister-in-law gave me a bottle of sriracha sauce, which made me happy because I’d been curious to try it ever since I first heard about it (probably within the last couple of years). I once lived in Thailand, after all, and I like spicy food (though my tolerance has diminished over the years). It turned out to be not … [Link]

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