- Abecedaria
Blog about keyboarding in diverse languages, literacy and digital literacy, and the history of writing system theory.
abecedaria.blogspot.com
- Apostrophe Abuse
Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve.
apostrophe-abuse.blogspot.com
- EFL Geek
English teaching and ESL studies blog from an applied linguistics student in Korea.
www.eflgeek.com
- Emerging Communications
Academic blog archiving and commenting on linguistics and computer-mediated communication, also known as CMC.
blog.humlab.umu.se/therese
- Enigmatic Mermaid
Blog on language and translation issues from am interpreter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In English and Portugese.
pombostrans.blogspot.com
- Fabulousness
Link blog focusing on language and linguistics issues. No longer updated.
fabulousness.pitas.com
- Freemorpheme
The self-described mad ramblings of a graduate student in linguistics, blogging about morphology and Central American languages.
www.freemorpheme.com
- Glosses
Linguistics and languages blog from a journeyman linguist at the U.C. Berkeley Slavic department.
www.glosses.net
- Hanzi Smatter
Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture.
www.hanzismatter.com
- How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons
Blog about the pitfalls of language in general and Swedish in particular, from an American magazine editor living in Stockholm. Offers a new Swedish word every day. In English.
www.francisstrand.blogspot.com
- Invented Usage
Blog on languages, linguistics, poetry, and rhetoric from two students at Brown University.
inuse.blogspot.com
- It Figures
Blog that rips out the innards of things people say and reveals the rhetorical tricks and pratfalls. Includes cliches, figures of speech, and political rhetoric.
www.figarospeech.com
- It's Ablaut Time
Exploring linguistics, languages, and philology in a blog aiming to be "more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either."
ablauttime.blogspot.com
- Language Guy, The
The blog chronicles of uses and abuses of language in advertising, politics, the law, and other areas of public life.
thelanguageguy.blogspot.com
- Language Hat
Blog on language change, linguistic oddities, and abuses and misuses of English.
www.languagehat.com
- Language Log
Blog on lingusitics and languages from a group of researchers and students.
itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog
- Linguistic Life
An erstwhile grad student blogs about linguistics, language, teaching ESL, and the plague of wanderlust. No longer updated.
linguisticlife.blogspot.com
- Literally, a Web Log
An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word "literally."
literally.barelyfitz.com
- Naked Translations Blog
Bilingual blog about the challenges of translation and interpretation between languages. From an English and French translator, with versions in both languages.
www.nakedtranslations.com
- Namu Pa'i 'Ai
Linguistic blog with news and information about Hawai'i Creole English and other pidgins and creoles.
namupaiai.blogspot.com
- Next Best Thing, The
Blog on crosswords, acrostics, and other word puzzles from a crossword author and historian.
www.deanolsher.com
- Noncompositional
Linguistics and language blog from a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley, covering topics from East Asian languages to abuses of English grammar.
www.noncompositional.com
- Omnivorous Linguist, The
Linguistic commentary, theorizing, and history in a handy blog format.
dmtr.ru/blog/omniling
- Phonoloblog
Blog on linguistics and all things phonology, from linguists across the U.S.
camba.ucsd.edu/phonoloblog
- Piloklok
Blog investigating linguistics, modern language use, and lexical oddities in sports, from a researcher in Santa Barbara, California.
biloklok.blogspot.com
- Polyglot Conspiracy
Language blog covering linguistics and grammar issues worldwide, with a focus on media and the Internet.
polyglotconspiracy.net
- Riddle, Prentiss
Blog on language, information architecture, and life in Austin, Texas.
www.aprendizdetodo.com
- Roguish Chrestomathy, A
The pultaceous wisdom of a word weevil, or, in other words, a linguistics blog for those of us who want to know what "pultaceous" means.
www.livejournal.com/users/q_pheevr
- Semantic Compositions
A language geek's blog about semantics, word meanings, and sociolinguistics.
semanticcompositions.typepad.com
- Separated by a Common Language
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Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the U.K.
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
- Sociolinguistics and CMC
Community blog site for linguists, sociologists, and others interested in the intersection of sociolinguistics and computer-mediated communication (CMC).
sociocmc.blogspot.com
- Subjunctivitis
One blog's battle battle to preserve the use of the subjunctive tense in the English language. Also collects euphemisms, puns, and other linguistic trivia.
subjunctivitis.blogspot.com
- Tenser, Said the Tensor
Blog of a graduate student in linguistics. Covers language, science fiction, computers and technology, comics, anime, and other geekery.
tenser.typepad.com
- Transblawg
A blog on German and English legal translations. Some of the entries are in German only.
www.transblawg.eu
- Wordmall
Explore the etymology, history, and usage of a common word or phrase with each post to this blog.
verbmall.blogspot.com
- ZachEverson.com
Web blog provides tips on English writing skills, includes grammar, word choice, editorial tips, and style guide.
www.zacheverson.com
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