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 » Annals of endless redundancy: "Keep On Keepin' On"
Just heard that song on the radio. It was sung by Curtis Mayfield. I had never heard it before and was puzzled by its meaning, so I went to Wikipedia for enlightenment. Lo and behold! I found this disambiguation page: Music Albums Keep On Keepin' On, by Brenda Patterson, 1970 Keep On Keepin' On (New Riders of the Purple Sage … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Double Cup
Double cup. Two cups stacked on each other, filled to the brim with a cocktail consisting of promethazine and codeine syrup, candy (usually Jolly Ranchers, or Skittles), ice, and a softdrink of choice (Sprite, Fanta, etc.) "Po'up in my double cup."
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Language Log » Sino-Vietnamese poster
I think I've seen this before, but can't remember where or when: 
Source (bottom of the page) zhǔnbèi zhànzhēng wéihù hépíng 準備戰爭 維護和平 Prepare for war to maintain peace What is striking to me is that the first, second, and last word of the main slogan in Vietnamese seem to be identical to those in the Chinese version, though they … [Link]
Language Log » Mistranscribed character
Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322) is one of the most famous painters in the history of Chinese art. Many of his priceless works still exist, and he was even honored by having a 167 kilometer-diameter feature on Mercury (132.4° west, 87.3° south), the "Chao Meng-Fu crater", named after him. When Zhao Mengfu's name came up in a discussion on connoisseurship in … [Link]
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