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.
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Omniglot blog » Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
I made it to Sabhal Mòr Ostaig last night. It started to rain very heavily as the ferry arrived in Armadale. Fortunately there was a bus to the college, but I got rather damp just walking from the ferry to the bus, and from the bus into the college. 
So far on this journey I’ve heard quite a few different … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Phobophobia
Being afraid of being afraid.This is something you can really get worked up with. A: Don't scare him. He has phobophobia. B: AAAAH! That was scary …. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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languagehat.com » Combatting Stereotypes about Appalachian Dialects.
Kirk Hazen, professor of linguistics at West Virginia University (i.e., he’s not some bloviating amateur), has a good piece at The Conversation on “the hillbilly problem”: Many qualities come prepackaged with the hillbilly stereotype: poverty, backwardness and low levels of education. One of the most prevalent is the idea that the way the people of Appalachia speak – the so-called … [Link]
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