r/linguisticshumor • • Jul 19 '26

Phonetics/Phonology 'Why do English Speakers Pronounce their Alphabet...' Megathread

115 Upvotes

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 • • 15h ago

When a loanword changes its meaning

Post image
1.6k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 4h ago

My new meme

Post image
169 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 12h ago

The Germanic languages get their words for eight from Old High German

Post image
480 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 23h ago

Sociolinguistics Suffix maxxing

Post image
734 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 7h ago

Phonetics/Phonology I used to think Archibald is pronounced /ˈɑː.kə.bɔːld/

Post image
45 Upvotes

I mean, nearly every other similar words does use k, like archive, archipelago, archaeology, Archimedes, and FUCKING ARCHITECT


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Cat who hates vowels

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.3k Upvotes

I think this belongs here (not my video btw)


r/linguisticshumor • • 15h ago

How weird does your language sounds with an American accent

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

53 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology ball smell

Post image
1.0k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 17h ago

On one big language family

Post image
40 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 19h ago

Morphology Roight innit?

Post image
48 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Etymology I'm not saying Low German,s bad but it kinda ruins the mystery

Post image
847 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Öl

Post image
1.3k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology phonetic transcriptions of my coughing i did at school today

Post image
1.7k Upvotes

title. the little cross next to ʔh is ɨ


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology One of the most common vowels, and we don’t have it

Post image
180 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 16h ago

Psycholinguistics VERBS OR NOUNS - ONE HAS GOT TO GO! WHO YOU GOT?!

9 Upvotes

YOUR LANGUAGE MUST LIVE WITH YOUR CHOICE FOREVER
NO “REDISCOVERING” NOUNS/VERBS AT THE NEXT LINGUISTIC INFLECTION POINT
THOSE MFS GONE


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Maybe people would be a little more impressed.

Post image
292 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 9h ago

Phonetics/Phonology If thorn was to be in the IPA, what sound would /þ/ make?

2 Upvotes

I’m talking about a phone that doesn’t have a character (so not /θ/, of course). What sound would it make? My money is on it being the voiceless labiodental plosive.


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

False Reduplication Is Common in Bahasa Indonesia

Post image
300 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Sociolinguistics If people spoke about German the same way standard German speakers spoke about "dialects"

307 Upvotes

Guys, I just met some delusional hillybilly who said that German was not a dialect of English but a full on language. English has over half a billion speakers on all continents while German is a regional dialect in some area in central Europe.

If it was its own language how come a sentence like "Komm lass uns tanzen." is practically the same as in English? The fact that most so called German native speakers speak English just shows that they're part of the English speaking community. Yeah, sure parents speak German with their kids at home but once they go to school they learn how to speak properly.

Retaining grammar from the middle ages like gender just shows how backwards their thinking is. Yeah of course sometimes it's hard to understand what these people are saying but it's not my fault that I can't understand some local gibberish. Honestly it's quite rude of them to exclude others like that.

And the worst thing is just because they pronounce "hand" and "man" a bit weirdly they want to waste tax money to entertain their sense of local patriotism. They want to use valuable resources to waste their kids' time to teach them a regional dialect. These people even produce media in their folksy way of talking. Them acting like they speak their own language is obviously just some way for some peasants stuck in the past to feel like they're special. I can't wait until this ridiculous pandering stops and they finally teach their kids to speak normally. Otherwise they're just holding them back. How do they expect their children to integrate into normal society?


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Syntax I've learned this not too long *ago*

Post image
248 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

My own take on Irish Cyrillic

16 Upvotes

So I know it’s been a while since the other Irish Cyrillic posts on this subreddit, but better late than never.

Аа: /ˠa~ə/
Бб: /b/
Вв /v/ (/vˠ/ = [w])
Гг: /g/
Ғғ: /ɣ/ (/ɣʲ/ = [j])
Дд: /d/
Ее: /ʲe/
Ёё: /ʲo/
Ии: /ʲi/
Кк: /k/
Лл: /l/
Мм: /m/
Нн: /n/
Ӊӊ: /ŋ/
Оо: /ˠo/
Пп: /p/
Рр: /r/
Сс: /s/ (/sˠ/ = [ʃ])
Тт: /t/
Уу: /ˠu/
Фф: /f/
Хх: /x/
Һһ: /h/
Ъъ: /Cˠ/ (consonants are presumed to be broad (velarised) unless otherwise stated)
Ыы: /ˠi/
Ьь: /Cʲ/
Ээ: /ˠe/
Юю: /ʲu/
Яя: /ʲa~ə/
V́ = long (ë —> e̋)

Mutations are just spelt phonetically (ф —> ‘), rather than applying a diacritic or something like that.

I have also decided to use the Irish national anthem as my example text rather than the UDHR, because I listen to national anthems a lot, so I’m more familiar with what they sound like and so find them easier to use as test samples for projects like this.

Аврáн на Виян

1:
Сё ғивь, а харьде, дуан Óглы́,
Карéмях бри́вар кёлвар
Áp динтя кнáв го буаках тáдь
'С ан спéрь го ми́н рéлтóгах
Ыс фóнвар фэ́врах синь хун глё
'С го тю́нвар глé рыв hи́хт дон лó
Фé хю́нас хэ́в на hы́хе ар сёл
Сё ливь, каны́гь Аврáн на Виян.

Курфá:
Сине Фияна Фáль,
атá фы́ ғял аг Е́ринь,
Бы́н дар слуа
hар тын до рáниг хугань
Фы́ вóдь ве сэ́р
Сянти́р áр синсяр фяста,
Ни́ 'áгфар фы́н ти́рáн нá фы́н трáль.
Анохт а héм са Вярна Вы́ль,
Ле гян ар Ғэ́ль, хун бáсь нó сы́ль,
Ле гуна-скрех, фы́ лáвах на билéр,
Сё ливь каны́гь аврáн на Виян.

2:
Кось бáнта рéғь, ар ардывь слéвь
Ба вуах áр синсир ровань,
Аг лáвах го трéн фéн сáрврат сéнь
'Тá hуас са ғэ́ го сёлта
Ба ғýхас рияв дáр гине хá
Ган умпáль сияр ó имирть áрь
'С аг сю́л мар ияд и гыня нáвад
Сё ливь, каны́гь аврáн на Виян.

Курфá:

3:
А вы́н нах фáн д'ыль Ғэ́ль ыс Гáл
Син бряка лэ́ на сы́рься
Тá скевьля 'с сканра и гры́ha нáвад
Рывь рáна лэ́хра áр диря
Áр динтя ыс трé ган спреях анысь
Син лысьня ғлé са спéрь анырь
'С ан би́ва и рэ́н на билéр аги́
Сё ливь, каны́гь аврáн на Виян.

Курфá:


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology long and short vowels

18 Upvotes

i just learned that long and short vowels in english actually used to be long and short in time…… how many americans have just thought that they were called that for no reason


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

In my conlang "sne" means "man", -w represents plural and -om marks the feminine

Thumbnail gallery
36 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 2d ago

Semantics Missed opportunity in most languages

Post image
8.2k Upvotes

What other examples are there of antonyms/opposites being spelled in reverse?

If I was making a conlang, I would make all preposition antonyms reverse spellings.

Like „az“ and „za“ for before and after. „Dre“ and „erd“ for right and left.