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 » The Bloggers Karamazov.
I recently discovered the existence of what looks like a very interesting Russian-lit blog, The Bloggers Karamazov (“The Official Blog of The North American Dostoevsky Society”); I discovered it in the most flattering possible way, by their asking me if I would mind if they republished my post Dostoevsky’s Stepanchikovo. I said that of course I wouldn’t, and they have … [Link]
Language Log » Disparaging trademarks
"Supreme Court rules government can't refuse disparaging trademarks", ESPN: The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks in a ruling that is expected to help the Redskins in their legal fight over the team name. The justices ruled that the 71-year-old trademark law barring disparaging terms infringes free speech rights. The ruling is … [Link]
Language Log » Investigations, hypothetical and otherwise
In an interview yesterday with Chris Wallace, did Donald Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow state that the president is being investigated by Robert Mueller (“Jay Sekulow on reports Bob Mueller has widened investigation“, Fox News 6/18/2017)? It certainly sounds like he did: Your browser does not support the audio element. But Chris Wallace is frustrated to find that a few seconds … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » fidget spinner
A pacifier for the hands "Hey, look, he's feeling fidgety. Give him a fidget spinner before he crumples all the napkins!
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Language Log » Putting the kibosh on bosh
In the “Cultural disappropriation” section of the current The Economist, there’s an entertaining and informative article on the latest attempt to purify Turkish: “Turkey’s president wants to purge Western words from its language: A new step in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign against foreign influences” The whole business is both humorous and hopeless: Mr Erdogan started by ordering the word “arena”, … [Link]
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