I demand a recount

The Engine Room didn't make it into bab.la and Lexiophiles' list of the 'Top 100 Language Blogs 2010', but if you voted for us then thank you.

Although the list is dominated by teaching and translation blogs (which usually hold no great interest for me), a few of my favourite blogs are present - including Fritinancy and Sentence first. Well done!

I'm going to propose to Sentence first that we form a coalition and introduce the alternative vote system. In the meantime, do check out this year's top 100.

And the results are in...

Yes, the results are in from bab.la and Lexiophiles' 'Top 100 Language Blogs 2009' competition, and The Engine Room placed eighth in the 'Language Professionals' category (as well as 45th overall). I'm pretty pleased with that.

Ooh, and we've even been given a pretty badge:

The category was won by Separated by a Common Language, a great blog about British and American English (and one that I'm sure I've mentioned before). It's a well earned victory.

Vote for us in 'Top 100 Language Blogs 2009'

Please consider voting for The Engine Room in the 'Top 100 Language Blogs 2009' competition, which is run by bab.la and the Lexiophiles blog. We've been nominated in the 'Language Professionals' category, which is a little ironic given my previous post - but never mind.

All you have to do is click on the following icon, choose 'The Engine Room', and click 'vote':

Even if you don't vote for The Engine Room (and I won't be offended!), you may want to check out some of the other bogs nominated for the category.

Oh, and here are the links to all the other categories.