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

Language Log » BARF (Belt and Road Forum) 2.0

Saturday 20 May 19:34:00 UTC 2017

[This is a guest post by the inimitable satirist, S. Tsow] [1.0 is this: “BARF (Belt and Road Forum)” (5/19/17)] Xi Jinping (“Mr. Eleven” [XI]) calls his New Silk Road initiative “One Belt, One Road” (Yidai-Yilu). A map I have shows a land route in the north, going westward, bifurcating at Urumchi, and ending at Rotterdam and Istanbul. OK, that’s … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » Sadsturbation

Saturday 20 May 7:00:00 UTC 2017

masturbating while sad. "My girlfriend broke up with me, so im left to sadsturbation." [Link]

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