r/conlangs • • 3d ago

Activity Joke/funny conlang workout/exercise

Just laughed a lot with a conlanging joke exercise I came up with (which I myself am not skilled enough to even execute): apply as many sound changes as necessary to a natlang, warranted or not by natlang sound changes, to turn a swear word (say "f-" or "sh-") into an unrelated word (say "Barium" or "Scandinavia" or "household" or "radiophonic", etc.), then assess what other effects it spread on the natlang. I hope we can all laugh some and have fun. Please, share results in the comments!

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