Comments on: In search of cultural grammarians!

Question: In search of cultural grammarians!

ElectricBlue — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:39:29 -0800

What are some interesting blogs that touch on both the language and culture of a country?

Hello! I'm looking for blogs that combine both cultural studies and linguistic insights. The two examples I have in mind are Sinosplice and No-sword.

What I like about these blogs is that they aren't purely linguablogs or travel blogs. When they bring up a cultural idea, they tend to apply linguistic analysis to it. This has the benefit of both helping language studies and giving the language's mother-culture a chance to shine.

I'd love to check out other blogs of this sort, especially some based in Europe. If you could hook me up with a German language-cum-travel blog in particular, I'd be stoked. It's best if the blogs are in English. If you have any picks in either Japanese or German, I could probably wing it enough to enjoy reading.

(I prefer reading blogs written in a casual tone, though more "academic" blogs are welcome as well!)

By: Helga-woo

Helga-woo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:19:14 -0800

I like the Polish Blog about Poland and Polish. It contains pretty much the only explanations of Polish grammar I can understand. And recipes for sernik. Mmmmm, sernik.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:46:05 -0800

I don't know if this is quite what you're looking for, but this blog about Canadian French is pretty interesting.

By: mdonley

mdonley — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:49:01 -0800

Polandian also does Poland.

By: AzraelBrown

AzraelBrown — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:17:48 -0800

Separated By A Common Language is about the language gap between the US and UK. It might not be as foreign-languagey as you like, but is more interested in colloquials and cultural language than the Queen's English, so to speak.

By: milkrate

milkrate — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:30:34 -0800

Effective Swearing in D.F.

By: transporter accident amy

transporter accident amy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:21:46 -0800

I like Dutch word of the day. Their Dutch phrase of the week feature discusses culture a bit more than the daily blog does.

By: ElectricBlue

ElectricBlue — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:57:28 -0800

Thank you, everyone! I enjoyed looking through all the blogs. Pretty much everyone was on-target; I marked the answers that I found most entertaining/enlightening as best.