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
languagehat.com » Apostrophe Catastrophe in Kazakhstan.
Andrew Higgins reports for the NY Times on a linguistic development currently roiling Kazakhstan: ALMATY, Kazakhstan — In his 26 years as Kazakhstan’s first and only president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev has managed to keep a resurgent Russia at bay and navigate the treacherous geopolitical waters around Moscow, Beijing and Washington, keeping on good terms with all three capitals. The authoritarian … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » executive time
Time spent alone in bed, performing unproductive activities like watching television, playing on a cell phone or masturbating. "President Trump’s official day typically doesn’t begin until 11 A.M. and ends relatively early, around 6 P.M., to accommodate 'Executive Time.' ”
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languagehat.com » Appalled and Aghast.
David Crystal writes for the Guardian about a phenomenon he’s noticed (and has written a new book about): When I used to present programmes on English usage on Radio 4, people would write in and complain about the pronunciations they didn’t like. In their hundreds. (Nobody ever wrote in to praise the pronunciations they did like.) It was the extreme … [Link]
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