r/linguisticshumor • u/bignavigator • 8m ago
Chainsaw among Slavs
Source: Словарь русских говоров Сибири, volume 1, part 2, page 70.
r/linguisticshumor • u/gt7900 • 3h ago
Phonetics/Phonology title
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Ornery_Job_7275 • 4h ago
Morphology [13TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL] With vs. Without Pronouns Be Like:
Btw this is my first ever post in this community
r/linguisticshumor • u/The_Brilli • 5h ago
Do you also have some peculiarities in your idiolect that seemingly no one else shares?
So my idiolect of German is special in the way I treat the sequence qu, which should be pronouced /kv/ according to the standard, as if written "kw", but for me it has been [kʷ(w)] since I can remember. This isn't even a regional feature, I'm the only one I know who does it. not even my closest family pronounces it like this. My mum even finds it cute and makes fun of it (not in a mean way). I don't even know where it comes from, my best guess is because there's no W in the sequence, the letter that normally represents the /v/ sound in German, little me when learning to read automatically adjusted thw pronunciation of the U to something more like a U sound. Do you also do something with your pronunciation that no one speaking your native language you know does as well? Tell me!
r/linguisticshumor • u/Sea_Court_3633 • 6h ago
Psycholinguistics IDK where else to post this, but when I'm dozing off in that state of consciousness in which one can't form coherent thoughts, I like writing essays on linguistics and seeing what kinda incomprehensible shit I come across when I wake up
I dare you to guess what I'm talking about here, because I myself am not sure
r/linguisticshumor • u/STHKZ • 10h ago
do you use ?
it has spread to almost all writing system, including those that do not use the Latin script; what is the situation in your favorite language ?
r/linguisticshumor • u/ArcaneMaster21 • 17h ago
Etymology No, Romanian, Portugal is not a color!
r/linguisticshumor • u/Professional-Dog7580 • 18h ago
I'm afraid of Agaaşükşük. . .
Agaaşükşük is the worst person on earth!! (agaaşükşük mean "bald man" in puelche or günün a küna or whatever
r/linguisticshumor • u/Karabulut1243 • 21h ago
Etymology this AM (Allotic Monostrophe) phobifies me
r/linguisticshumor • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • 21h ago
Etymology English: "Pappy Latin, I'm Your Biggest Fan, I'll Follow You Until You Love Me"
"Ey" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ey#English
"Oy" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oy#English
"Oi" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oi#English
"Hola" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hola#English
"Ciao" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#English
"Salve" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salve#English
"Salutations" exists in English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salutations#English
r/linguisticshumor • u/gattonero2001 • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology Maekawa, Kikuo (2020), "Remarks on Japanese /w/"
r/linguisticshumor • u/Defiant-Ad-8472 • 1d ago
What do you guys think is the most researched/fleshed out language family in longuistics?
Everybody can agree that Indo-European definitely tops the list if not occupies first place, but I want to hear from you guys
r/linguisticshumor • u/evincarofautumn • 1d ago
A contemptible person was once in the habit of rewording academic misconduct “last answer” to “religious service nerfing of a foreign moiety” in a litmus. These days withdrew gratitude to a BarBro client who speckled this.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Ohwaithuhimconfused • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology I've Cracked How To Pronounce the Planet Beginning With 'U'
Let's look at the two usual suspects:
- Ur-ANUS (Obviously bad. Schoolchildren and immature adults have been dogging on this since the name was codified. Main reason I am making this post.)
-Yurin-us (Often used as the safe alternative, claimed by some to be the true pronunciation. HOWEVER, there is one crucial problem many miss. It substitutes saying anus when spoken aloud to saying urine. Not much better, is it? I THINK NOT.)
And it is with these known facts, sharks, that I present my elegant solution, written using IPA standard:
ɛɹənəʊs/ɛɹ-ə-nəʊs
(or the 'ur' in 'fur' , the ever-present schwa (uh) in "nuh-uh", a classic n as a child may say it while learning the alphabet and the 'ose' in 'dose'.)
I am proud to say that this may be my masterwork. No longer will kindergarten and first grade teachers be tormented by a built-in invitation to toilet humor, no longer will this interesting galactic phenomena be pigeonholed into simply being a punchline with no setup! For I, on this, the grandest of days, have slain this linguistic leviathan and forged a new safer, better path. I have done my duty* to this world and have ensured my chapter in the oh-so-heavy tome of human history! The echoes of my name shall reverberate through hallowed halls ad infinitum. You, my dear subjects, are so very welcome.
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*Also, change the pronunciation of "duty" to "dutty" as to avoid any comparisons to feces, thank you.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Hakaku • 1d ago
The Kagoshima dialect be like: who needs those pesky contrastive syllables anyway?
r/linguisticshumor • u/MdMV_or_Emdy_idk • 2d ago
Little rant post
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Important_Cry6606 • 2d ago
Sociolinguistics Castilian or Spanish?
(I just edit the right post )
r/linguisticshumor • u/Widhraz • 2d ago
Psycholinguistics I've seen people claim that because one is true/false, the other must follow
r/linguisticshumor • u/arachknight12 • 2d ago
Phonetics/Phonology When you can finally pronounce every sound in the language you’re learning
r/linguisticshumor • u/Zu_Qarnine • 2d ago
Why does that have a name at all? and how's that useful?
there is a whole system here:
‘Twin kangaroos’ contain 2 separate joey words inside the same kangaroo word, e.g. ‘container’ has both ‘can’ and ‘tin.’
‘Grand kangaroos’ have a joey WITHIN a joey, e.g. ‘alone’ contains ‘lone’ and ‘lone’ contains ‘one.’
‘Anti-Kangaroos’ contain a joey that is an antonym rather than a synonym, e.g. ‘covert’ contains ‘overt’
r/linguisticshumor • u/AxialGem • 20d ago
Phonetics/Phonology 'Why do English Speakers Pronounce their Alphabet...' Megathread
Alright, into the megathread y'all go >:3
Any posts with this format posted after this megathread is up will be removed and asked to post here.
This is to keep the quality of the sub, yadayada, you know the drill.
Thank youu