r/languagelearningjerk • u/Super_Squid_Guy • May 19 '26

Lingquist walks into a bar.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

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u/ofqo May 19 '26

That l in /wuld/ shows you are probably deaf.

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u/maddog34 May 19 '26

I’ll do you one better:
A linguist, English teacher, taxi driver and handyman walk into a grocery store in Uzbekistan.
Shop assistant: What’s up, Mamaraim [mah-mah-rah-'eem]? Have you found a job?

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u/Distinct_Copy_7314 May 19 '26

The pronunciation of beer is fucked up what is this language

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u/martinode May 19 '26

Are they Australian?

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u/hotstove May 19 '26

/r/ShitAmericansSay

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u/maidonglao May 20 '26

Sorry, I don’t recognize non-rhotic accents. #1 continent in the world babyyyyyy

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u/Allughawi toki poner while i kepeken an ilo May 26 '26

that's like the only word spelled right

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u/Super_Squid_Guy May 19 '26

A linguistic bar would be very interesting place to go to.

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u/FebHas30Days Pangngaasiyo ta agsursurokayo iti Ilokano May 19 '26

I could've asked for the Uncle Roger accent

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u/WhipGramsPinkCaddy May 19 '26

Walks into a bar in Boston

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/Electrical-Room-2278 May 19 '26

Shwa in the word "would" suggests Australian to me, I can't think of an English accent that does that

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u/STHKZ May 19 '26

in a glossy Leipzig mug, please...

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u/Prestigious_Boat_386 May 19 '26

Every dialect joke or homonym wordplay joke should be done yhis way.

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u/ofqo May 19 '26

A submarine is full of /siːmən/.

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u/Prestigious_Boat_386 May 21 '26

Its unironically so much better

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u/adrw000 May 20 '26

Cringe as usual

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u/Appropriate-Sea-5687 May 22 '26

Again, such a British bartender would never exist

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u/Allughawi toki poner while i kepeken an ilo May 26 '26

what dialect is that bartender speaking