John Gordon Ross

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Language Stuff

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

Urban Word of the Day » brain boner

Friday 19 January 9:00:00 UTC 2018

Something that strikes a chord in someone's thinking, creating a spur of "enlightenment" and stimulation in knowledge, especially in subjects like philosophy & logic. John: Hey, have you seen that recent philosophical discussion between XXX and YYY on YouTube?Peter: Yeah, it was so good it gave me a brain boner. [Link]

Language Log » Questionable Sino-Mongolian toponymy

Friday 19 January 2:18:42 UTC 2018

News article from Xinhua (1/16/18, by Quan Xiaoshu, Qu Ting, Cao Pengyuan): "Ancient tripartite-city of Xiongnu a special religious and meeting site: archaeologists" It starts: The ruins of an ancient tripartite-city, known as Sanlian City, in midwest Mongolia's Khermental City, demonstrates that the Xiongnu tribe used to perform religious ceremonies and hold alliance meetings there. Bathrobe comments: Now, it may … [Link]

languagehat.com » Chachapoyas.

Friday 19 January 1:15:05 UTC 2018

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has put out a press release summarized in the subhead thus: “DNA analysis of present-day populations in the Chachapoyas region of Peru indicates that the original inhabitants were not uprooted en masse by the Inca Empire’s expansion into this area hundreds of years ago.” As you can see, its primary … [Link]

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