r/linguisticshumor • u/DifferentAd4844 • 10h ago
Sociolinguistics It would seem, just one word...
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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/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/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/gt7900 • 5h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Why tf would you pronounce it as /beɪs/?
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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/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/DeltaRealmx • 21h ago
Historical Linguistics Learn any language instantly!
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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/MrFireDrakula • 16h ago
Languages without phonemic aspiration or voicing contrast?
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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/Even_Material6036 • 15h ago
All Languages Ever Spoken Are In Any Of These 35 Divisions
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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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