- Hanzi Smatter
Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters (Hanzi or Kanji) in Western culture.
www.hanzismatter.com
- Language Hat
Blog on language change, linguistic oddities, and abuses and misuses of English.
www.languagehat.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
- Literally, a Web Log
An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word "literally."
literally.barelyfitz.com
- ZachEverson.com
Web blog provides tips on English writing skills, includes grammar, word choice, editorial tips, and style guide.
www.zacheverson.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
- 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
- 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 Log
Blog on lingusitics and languages from a group of researchers and students.
itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog
- Polyglot Conspiracy
Language blog covering linguistics and grammar issues worldwide, with a focus on media and the Internet.
polyglotconspiracy.net
- 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
- Apostrophe Abuse
Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve.
apostrophe-abuse.blogspot.com
- Enigmatic Mermaid
Blog on language and translation issues from am interpreter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In English and Portugese.
pombostrans.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
- Abecedaria
Blog about keyboarding in diverse languages, literacy and digital literacy, and the history of writing system theory.
abecedaria.blogspot.com
- Semantic Compositions
A language geek's blog about semantics, word meanings, and sociolinguistics.
semanticcompositions.typepad.com
- Wordmall
Explore the etymology, history, and usage of a common word or phrase with each post to this blog.
verbmall.blogspot.com
- Transblawg
A blog on German and English legal translations. Some of the entries are in German only.
www.transblawg.eu
- 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
- Riddle, Prentiss
Blog on language, information architecture, and life in Austin, Texas.
www.aprendizdetodo.com
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