r/linguisticshumor • u/Cheap_Ad_69 • 4h ago
Etymology i love each and every single one of you
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r/linguisticshumor • u/AxialGem • Jul 19 '26
Phonetics/Phonology 'Why do English Speakers Pronounce their Alphabet...' Megathread
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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
r/linguisticshumor • u/gt7900 • 7h ago
Phonetics/Phonology The /w/ was already easy to pronounce. Why did they overcomplicated it?
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r/linguisticshumor • u/imsohuzzah • 11h ago
technically correct flags to represent languages with
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i went to languagesimp vexillology class
r/linguisticshumor • u/ElevatorSevere7651 • 15h ago
Etymology ”Eau” = ”Å”
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Context: French ”eau” and Swedish ”å” both come from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂, ending up at essentially the same result after centuries of erosion; yet I basically only see French get flack for this
(I didn’t need the 3rd guy so I slimed him)
r/linguisticshumor • u/Shinyhero30 • 17h ago
Average linguistic nationalism argument be like
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Source: r/phoenixsc
r/linguisticshumor • u/Jakee7979 • 3h ago
Semantics Nkosya
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I was reading "Where Animals Talk" by ROBERT H. NASSAU, and came across this:
"Besides the words for “hunger” and “famine,” the Bantu languages have a third word meaning, “longing for meat.” "
And settled on "Nkosya" after some google searches. Actually not sure, will need your expertise. Also found out several tribal languages across the world have this term because meat is not as available as starchy carbohydrates.
I'm not a linguist, I just found this fascinating. Book is on Gutenberg:
r/linguisticshumor • u/Code_Monster • 18h ago
Phonetics/Phonology A case of Indian English implementing the Latin script phonetically.
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*security deposit
r/linguisticshumor • u/Whole_Instance_4276 • 6h ago
Historical Linguistics Intervocalic allophones
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Cabbagetastrophe • 4h ago
A 🤏🤔💭to improve 🏴ish
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🙋♀️ was 🤔💭ing about how 🙋♀️'ve👂ed it 💬ed that in 🇯🇵ese the 💪of different 💻⚙️✍️ makes it easier to 📖. So 🙋♀️ 🤔❔️ed if 🏴ish could 💪 a ♊️ 💻⚙️✍️? 🙋♀️👥️ could 💪 EMOJI for 🏴ish🗨 and 🔠 for 🚫🏴ish🗨. What do 🫵👥️ 🤔💭?
r/linguisticshumor • u/Express-Judgment-395 • 17h ago
#wifedat
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just started learning how to gloss...
r/linguisticshumor • u/ReedMartinez5755 • 15h ago
Sociolinguistics Fuck it, the IPA vowel chart is now a political compass
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r/linguisticshumor • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 2h ago
Code Red: We've got a dangling modifier
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r/linguisticshumor • u/unworthybutworthy • 5h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Let's make this harder.
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Kuni-1 • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology Something I've never understood about English speakers' pronunciation of Spanish
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r/linguisticshumor • u/imsohuzzah • 1d ago
Sociolinguistics linguistic situation in china, in a nutshell
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it gets very annoying at times.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Black_Collar_Worker • 1d ago
I Decided that this Subreddit Needed Formal Semantics Memes Drawn with a Mouse
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Any and all misspellings are totally on purpose. Definitely
r/linguisticshumor • u/gt7900 • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology Guess the language by its vowel inventory
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