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 » English names in East Asia
We have had thousands of students from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore enrolled as undergraduates and graduate students at Penn. To name just a few at random, there are Andromeda, Tess, Sophie, Isis (but she changed it to Iset after finding out about the Islamic terrorist state), Leander, Lovesky, and so on. I won’t speculate on why they choose … [Link]
Language Log » Groups
Today’s Pearls Before Swine — “Who’s on first” updated: 
We have some puns of this kind here at Ware College House, for example a regular events announcement title “What When Ware”, t-shirts labeled “Ware it’s at”, and so on. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) there’s no Hu College House or Watt College House at Penn. Though I believe there’s a naming opportunity … [Link]
Language Log » Not very difficult at all?
“Cyberattack thwarted by flipping ‘kill switch’ but experts fear new blitz“, ABC News 5/13/2017 The attack appears to have been thwarted by private cybersecurity researchers who identified and triggered the malware’s “kill switch,” which halted the attacks before it spread throughout U.S. networks, a senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed, but it is unclear whether, the official said, a modified attack … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Language quiz
Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken? [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Mommyfied
When you have spent so much time with your kids that you cant function as a normal adult anymore. "Did she just say she has to go tinkle?" "Yeah, she's mommyfied""That poor girl is mommyfied"
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Language Log » No word for “Community Room”?
At the Valencia Police Station in San Francisco, CA, there is a sign reading “Community Room” in English and Spanish. There is also Chinese on the sign; however, apparently a word or two is not considered adequate to communicate this concept in Chinese. 
The Chinese says: Rúguǒ nín xūyào rènhé xiézhù huò shǐyòng fúwù, qǐng tōngzhī gōngzuò rényuán 如果您需要任何協助或使用服務, 請通知工作人員 … [Link]
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