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 » Tolstoy’s Family Happiness: A Disappointment.
After finishing Oblomov (post), I read Dostoevsky’s 1859 Дядюшкин сон (Uncle’s Dream), which was silly but fun; as I said here, “the scene between the mother (who is trying to get her daughter Zina to marry the half-dead prince) and Zina (who thinks the whole idea is vile and repulsive) is masterly, and a clear template for the more consequential … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Galories
Calories consumed during activities with your girl friends (girls night out, wine during a pedicure, eating McDonalds at 2 a.m. shitfaced) that generally are not part of your diet but you eat them anyway.Men: see Palories Girl, I've gained so much weight even though I'm using Herbalife.Uh, it's all them galories you've been eating in addition to your diet. … [Link]
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