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 » Juan Latino.
Via this University of North Carolina Library press release I learn about a remarkable individual: A free public celebration on March 20 will mark the acquisition of a book of Latin poetry published in 1573 by Juan Latino. Scholars have described Latino as the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book of poems in a Western language. … [Link]
Omniglot blog » Playgrounds and yards
Schools in the UK usually have a bit of outside space where the pupils play during break times and at lunch time. This is known, at least in primary schools, as a playground. There are also playgrounds for children in some parks. In American schools such spaces are known as schoolyards, and the students play in them during recess – … [Link]
Language Log » DIHARD
It's here. Not the car battery, and not another one of the movies, but the First DIHARD Speech Diarization Challenge and the associated Interspeech 2018 special session. As discussed in "My summer" 6/22/2017, I spent a couple of months last summer in Pittsburgh working with a couple of dozen other people on a workshop project with the title "Enhancement and … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » laughing off the pounds
Abbreviated as LOP, laughing off the pounds referrers to the feeling of laughing so hard it feels as if one is getting abs. is used in instant messaging, texting and other electronic communication to indicate that something is humorous, LOP can be used instead, or in place of LOL, LMAO or HAHAHA. It implies that the sender is laughing hard … [Link]
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