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 » Tranquille Yard.
There was a very famous restaurant Яр [Yar] in Moscow, founded in 1826 in the central city (on Kuznetsky Most) but best known in its later incarnation in Petrovsky Park, just outside of the (nineteenth-century) city on what is now Leningradsky Prospekt (and if anyone knows exactly where, please tell me — I like being able to place things on … [Link]
Language Log » Sino-Mongolian toponymy, part 2
[This is a guest post by Bathrobe] Global Times have an article on the archaeological site mentioned in this recent LL post: "Questionable Sino-Mongolian toponymy" (1/18/18) The Global Times article is "Chinese-Mongolian archeological team study mysterious Xiongnu city" (2/5/18) by Huang Tingting. The relevant section is: Since 2014, Song's institute, the National Museum of Mongolia and the International College of … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » jack of all traits
A politically correct way of describing someone with multiple personality disorder Him: WTF is up with Jill? One minute she's Marsha Brady, the next she's Brittney Spears. Her: She's a jack of all traits.
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Language Log » Hockey language divergence between North Korea and South Korea
People have been wondering if there has been a language problem between North Korean and South Korean players on the combined Korean women's hockey team at the Olympics. As a matter of fact, there is a gulf between the two nations in the language of hockey itself. Haewon Cho explains: I just read an article saying that the head coach … [Link]
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