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 » Being Wrong about Sámi.
The last page of the TLS is the cheeky “NB” section, which discusses things like recent used-book purchases and mentions of the TLS in novels, movies, and the like. I generally enjoy it, but this bit from the Feb. 12, 2016 issue made me grind my teeth: Lesser-used languages of Europe, an occasional series. Niillas Holmberg is the author of … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Stormy daniels
n.: When you pay off the adult film star you had an ongoing affair with but the media finds out anyway. The morbidly obese guy in the White House just got a Stormy Daniels.
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Language Log » Putin in Russian, Mandarin, and English
I'm at Yale University attending a workshop on Tangut. So you ask, "What is 'Tangut'?" Relevant Wikipedia articles: Tangut people, an ancient ethnic group in Northwest China, not Tibetan people. Tangut language, the extinct language spoken by the Tangut people, not Tibetan language. Tangut script, the writing system used to write the Tangut language Western Xia (1038–1227), also known as … [Link]
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