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 » "North Korea best not…"
Donald Trump's "fire and fury" warning to North Korea, we now know, was unscripted, not the product of speechwriters and advisers. As some have suggested, Trump's aggressive language may have been (at least unconsciously) modeled on Harry Truman's announcement that the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. Truman: If they do not now accept our … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Fire and Fury
Can be referred to as what is unleashed upon after eating a large meal from Taco Bell . Trump: Every bathroom in America should be prepared to be met with Fire and Fury after this week's taco Tuesday.
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languagehat.com » Harry Potter and the Spanish ‘Tykes’.
UrbanAbydos has a Potterglot post that discusses… well, I’ll let the poster tell you: The amount of variation in the Spanish editions of the Philosopher’s Stone is stunning. Writing is an art and from draft-to-draft, you expect the language to be tweaked. But once it has been edited and published, you don’t expect noticeable variation from edition to edition; maybe … [Link]
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