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 » Greeter skillz
Today’s Zits: 
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Language Log » “Intelligent transportation communication systems”?
This morning’s email brought an invitation to contribute to a “Special Issue on Intelligent Transportation Communication Systems” (for this journal). It took me a little while to figure out that conversing with cars (which I’m definitely in favor of) was not what they had in mind. And this process reminded me of how difficult it can be for humans — … [Link]
languagehat.com » My Job.
This was posted on Facebook, and I thought I might as well put it here, since I often complain about bad proofreading/editing in books and since non-editors tend not to know these distinctions: Different communities of editors use different terms for similar concepts. I’m in Canada — and Canadian editors tend to use the terminology in Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial … [Link]
Language Log » Yay us
Desmond Fishman is running for parliament, and has discovered (one of) the secrets of political rhetoric: 
The first two panels: 
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Urban Word of the Day » War Room
When a group of people in a room get turnt on the same subject and it pisses everyone in the room off Bruh last night I had a major war room in my hotel room
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