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 » Katakana in Australia
From Jim Breen: 
Jim explains: I found myself parked in suburban Melbourne beside a truck with the sign pictured above on its side. Why "Kong BBQ" felt it was appropriate to have "barbecue" written out in Japanese (バーベキュー [bābekyū]) I cannot imagine. While Japanese is a fairly popular second language here, it doesn't mean that there are masses of people … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » trumpload
A very large amount.Usage is similar to shitload, except it's only used to describe a large amount of highly negative things, like nuclear waste or senate Republicans.A quantity is a trumpload if it is as large as the number of lies told by the 45th president of the United States. There's a trumpload of chemicals in my well water, but … [Link]
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