Lexophiles, a linguistic site that covers a wide variety of language questions and currently seems to be featuring idioms, has compiled a list of the 250 best language blogs. And this blog ranks 126.

My initial reaction was to be extremely pleased, of course. First, I didn't enter any contest or register my blog at their site, which means the authors picked these blogs themselves which means they found my blog on their own initiative. Second, this blog focuses on ESL, and to some extent international student issues. But the lexophiles list looked at the best blogs in the area of language. So I was competing not only with other ESL blogs, but also blogs on French, Greek, Russian, Chinese and Arabic not to mention blogs on linguistics and philology. So to be even mentioned in such a broad range is pretty exciting.

My second reaction was 126 out of 250 means I am below average. Slightly below average, it is true, but that only worsens the blow somehow. What was missing that I didn't rank 125 or 124?

All kidding aside, I am thrilled and if you're looking for other blogs to help you learn English, Check out some of these blogs on the list.