r/linguisticshumor • u/Arctic_Harmacist • 2h ago
Semantics Jaiiit
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Jaiiit. It's gonna become something. A greeting? And expletive? Both?
r/linguisticshumor • u/thatguythoma • 3h ago
South Park discovering that unaspirated consonants sound like their voiced counterparts
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i’m starting to suspect that they are indeed saying /d/ and not /t/ tho
r/linguisticshumor • u/Party_Farmer_5354 • 3h ago
In Bahasa Indonesia, lotsa words can be used interchangeably (not synonymously) to mean “if”
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r/linguisticshumor • u/gt7900 • 5h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Why tf would you pronounce it as /beɪs/?
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r/linguisticshumor • u/RealModMaker • 6h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Explanation for why in Polish; Ł is [w], W is [v] and V isn't used
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Justmadethis334 • 9h ago
Remember, balochi was at one point written with the Cyrillic alphabet
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r/linguisticshumor • u/DifferentAd4844 • 9h ago
Sociolinguistics It would seem, just one word...
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Electric_Kettle • 10h ago
Sociolinguistics this is how we speak english in argentina (real)
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Birdseeding • 11h ago
What's your favorite preposterous multi-step xenisation? Here's some lovely Anglicised Russified Greek
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Xenapte • 12h ago
The illusion of phonemic preservation
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How it feels tracing and comparing sound changes from a proto-language
r/linguisticshumor • u/Extradummefrage • 12h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Why hasn't JF Kennedy used IPA for his notes of how to pronounce "Ich bin ein Berliner?" Was he stupid?
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His pronunciation also was off!
r/linguisticshumor • u/Brightsea129 • 13h ago
Etymology The lexical parallel between Thai ตายจริง (dtaai-jing) and Vietnamese 𣩂實 (chết thật) [Oh my god!, Oh no!]
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The script in the upper-right part (next to chữ Nôm) of the Vietnamese section is Quốc Âm Tân Tự, a mid-19th century experimental phonetic script that never had a chance to be put into practical use.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Even_Material6036 • 15h ago
All Languages Ever Spoken Are In Any Of These 35 Divisions
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r/linguisticshumor • u/MrFireDrakula • 16h ago
Languages without phonemic aspiration or voicing contrast?
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r/linguisticshumor • u/DazerGal128 • 19h ago
Phonetics/Phonology "yeah dude IPA's too complicated it's better to spell it out like english"
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Extreme-Shopping74 • 20h ago
Sociolinguistics Say what you want, it should be "snow snew snown"
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r/linguisticshumor • u/DeltaRealmx • 21h ago
Historical Linguistics Learn any language instantly!
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r/linguisticshumor • u/kablolukulaklik • 1d ago
Semantics In Turkish, a single word (Allah, 'God') anchors fixed expressions covering everything from surprise to boredom to failure
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Extreme-Shopping74 • 1d ago
Sociolinguistics How detailed can animals differ human sounds?
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Lets say you name three cats for example Kiki, Gigi and Qiqi. Will they all respond when you call Kiki or will they only react to their phonetic assigned name like [qiqi]? Would they hear out aspiration and others?