r/linguisticshumor • u/Antique-Ad-9081 • 9d ago

Historical Linguistics new theory just dropped

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u/algebroni 9d ago

Imagine being the normal historian Jovan Deretić (b. 1934 in Orovac, d. 2002 in Belgrade) knowing your batshit doppelganger Jovan Deretić (b. 1939 in Orovac, d. 2021 in Belgrade) is out there destroying your name by being a caricature of a Serbian nationalist?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donji_Orahovac,_Trebinje

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u/Ipponjudo 9d ago

Bro literally has an evil twin from the same village that's crazy

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u/Nenazovemy Último Napoleão 9d ago

Maybe an evil distant cousin and the family has a St. John as patron saint?

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u/SpaceCadet_Cat 8d ago

Maybe not even distant. Family reunions would be fun to witness...

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u/Nenazovemy Último Napoleão 8d ago

— You're making me sound like a clown! — Well, you're making me sound like a Š***ar mole! Your fans will find out who you're working for on my next book.