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 » Discourse analysis

Tuesday 27 June 10:58:48 UTC 2017

Today's Frazz: [Link]

Language Log » Slinking

Tuesday 27 June 10:49:53 UTC 2017

Today's PhD Comics: [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » Bona Dude

Tuesday 27 June 7:30:00 UTC 2017

A modern legal term, _Bona Dude_ means "in good dude" in a cross of Legal Latin and Modern English. The term stresses the entirely "good dude" nature of the person to whom it refers. A "bona dude" is sincere and earnest about being a good dude.First used by @SCOTUSblog on Twitter, 2017 June 26. The Supreme Court of the United … [Link]

languagehat.com » ‘Dreamtime’ and ‘The Dreaming’.

Tuesday 27 June 0:49:55 UTC 2017

Like many people, I’ve long been fascinated by the concept of “dreamtime” (which I was probably introduced to by the notoriously unreliable Bruce Chatwin); I’ve also been uneasy about depending on vague thirdhand understanding of what I was aware must be an incredibly complicated cultural complex of ideas. If you’re like me, you will welcome as I did the chance … [Link]

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