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r/linguisticshumor • u/AxialGem • Dec 31 '24
'Guess where I'm from' megathread
In response to the overwhelming number of 'Guess where I'm from' posts, they will be confined to this megathread, so as to not clutter the sub.
From now on, posts of this kind will be removed and asked to repost over here. After some feedback I think this is the most elegant solution for the time being.
r/linguisticshumor • u/AxialGem • Dec 29 '24
META: Quality of content
I've heard people voice dissatisfaction with the amount of posts that are not very linguistics-related.
Personally, I'd like to have less content in the sub about just general language or orthography observations, see rule 1.
So I'd like to get a general idea of the sentiments in the sub, feel free to expound or clarify in the comments
r/linguisticshumor • u/galactic_observer • 6h ago
The full extent of literature and cinema in most Indigenous American, Khoisan, and Papuan languages
r/linguisticshumor • u/Bibbedibob • 2h ago
Semantics I fucking love German modal particles
You just have a bunch of words that provide no content to the factual meaning of a sentence, but rather flavor it with subtle indications of the speaker's motivations, expectations etc. with the given context. And it's so fun to just spam them all in a row.
"Geh raus." ("Go out.")
"Geh doch raus." ("You could go out, you know.")
"Geh doch mal raus." ("Go out for once")
"Geh doch schon mal raus." ("How about you go out first, then [...]")
"Geh doch halt schon mal raus." ("Just go outside now. [Isn't this the obvious thing to do?])
r/linguisticshumor • u/asasnow • 14h ago
Phonetics/Phonology I measured my vowels in praat twice for "fun"
In the second one i measured some other vowels before l, so al is "all", ɑl is "palm", and ol is "old". Also for ə i said "comma", and for ʊ i said "foot".
r/linguisticshumor • u/Better-Quote1060 • 3h ago
Etymology How to say yes in saudi arabia
r/linguisticshumor • u/TurbulentDust-5555 • 5h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Why are some Korean consonants so tense?
IDK, but they really should relax sometimes
r/linguisticshumor • u/Puzzleheaded_Fix_219 • 10h ago
Italian doesn’t need Z, just like JKWXY
Plosive | Affricate | |
---|---|---|
Before i, e | Thi /ti/ | Ti /tsi/ |
Elsewhere | Ta /ta/ | Tia /tsa/ |
r/linguisticshumor • u/kanzler_brandt • 19h ago
Morphology Finally something that does justice to the word ‘mutation’
r/linguisticshumor • u/DoisMaosEsquerdos • 16h ago
Historical Linguistics Bro is stuck in Republican era Latin
r/linguisticshumor • u/IAmABoss37 • 8h ago
I feel like more people might appreciate this here.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Suippumyrkkyseitikki • 22h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Hot take: purely for phonaesthetic reasons, all non-native speakers should pronounce GOOSE as cardinal [u] rather than try to imitate a native [ʉw]-type vowel
r/linguisticshumor • u/mynewthrowaway1223 • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology Is it only me that refuses to believe this is a coincidence?
r/linguisticshumor • u/Antique-Ad-9081 • 1d ago
Historical Linguistics new theory just dropped
r/linguisticshumor • u/Puzzleheaded_Fix_219 • 1d ago
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics: Rotate the letters for vowels!
r/linguisticshumor • u/Albert3105 • 1d ago
Historical Linguistics Carians trying to adapt the Greek alphabet be like:
r/linguisticshumor • u/edderiofer • 2d ago
Sociolinguistics We must protect the purity of French from the barbaric Gallicisms!
r/linguisticshumor • u/AnyMathematician4657 • 2d ago
alright, which one of you created wiktionary-chan?
r/linguisticshumor • u/Lucas1231 • 1d ago
I'm this close to create new digrams
Who could have guessed that trying to have more consistant spelling by frenchifying English loan words/introducing w in the spelling would lead me to have to choose between changing the word for "yes" VS having to accept "ouoquitoqui"?
r/linguisticshumor • u/wamawamawamawamawama • 2d ago
Phonetics/Phonology Romanization of ん
r/linguisticshumor • u/Party_Farmer_5354 • 2d ago
Etymology Indonesians whenever they are late.
r/linguisticshumor • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • 1d ago
Sociolinguistics FUN FACT: Portuguese, Castilian And Italian Speakers Can Comprehend Each Other But Prefer To Utilize English To Communicate With Romanians Because English Is Easier To Comprehend
Speakers of r/Mirandese , r/Portuguese , r/Galego , Extremaduran, r/Asturlleones , r/Castellano , r/Ladino , r/Catalan , r/Italian , Tuscan, Corsican, r/Sicilianu , Neapolitan, r/Venetian and Talian can comprehend each other when they speak slowly with the more formal synonyms that are similar in their languages but prefer to utilize r/English to communicate with r/Romanian and r/French speakers.