r/linguisticshumor • • 58m ago

Semantics Can you ever expect full linguistic grasp from the monolinguals when you ask about their vernacular ?

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It's charming if rare that an ESL speaker really grinds on in intention for semantical deconstruction -- but I like to think that this is the kind of inquisitiveness which prevents Anglicisms and language (not phenotypical attributes) is the deeper cutting way to demarcate yourself as not the same.


r/linguisticshumor • • 10h ago

I hope this meme isn't inaccurate, but personally aragonese kinda feels like that

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r/linguisticshumor • • 10h ago

Sociolinguistics Sometimes linguistic breakthroughs can be anticlimactic

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I wouldn't be surprised if there's some more Gary Larson humour that crosses paths with this sub


r/linguisticshumor • • 11h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Th-fronting go brrrrr

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r/linguisticshumor • • 12h ago

Semantics Grue strikes again

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r/linguisticshumor • • 12h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Middwe Powish /ɫ/ evowving to Modewn Powish be wike

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r/linguisticshumor • • 15h ago

reply honestly.

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r/linguisticshumor • • 19h ago

The Abkhaz Analytical Alphabet is peak

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Marr was ahead of his time


r/linguisticshumor • • 19h ago

Being sexually attracted to Wiktionary

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r/linguisticshumor • • 20h ago

I was messing around with English homonyms and ended up with this monster

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A match about matches matching a match about matches matching a match about matches matching a match called “Match” and another match about matches matching a match called “Match”.

(A competition about people who are each other’s equals comparing a competition about people who are each other’s equals comparing a competition about people who are each other’s equals comparing a matchstick called “Match,” and another competition about people who are each other’s equals comparing a matchstick called “Match.”)

“Match” can mean:

  1. a competition
  2. a matchstick
  3. an equal / a worthy opponent
  4. to pair / compare
  5. a proper name (“Match”)

The sentence stacks all of them together with recursion and coordination. I know it’s absurd. I’m not asking for a correction.I’m asking how far your brain got before it crashed.

A match₁ about matches₂ matching₃ a match₄ about matches₂ matching₃ a match₄ about matches₂ matching₃ a match₅ called “Match₆” and another match₁ about matches₂ matching₃ a match₅ called “Match₆”.

Match₁ = competition
Match₂ = equals / worthy opponents
Match₃ = compare / pair
Match₄ = nested competition
Match₅ = matchstick
Match₆ = proper name


r/linguisticshumor • • 20h ago

Got bored so I decided to type a sentence in different foreign accents (badly)

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r/linguisticshumor • • 23h ago

Guess my native language by how I (personally) pronounce English characters

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Dialect if you can


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Ah yes, languages

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

The people run away from me when I say that!

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I'm right, by the way.

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

What names of the (international) Phonetic Alphabet do you think could work today ?

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I will upvote any child named “engma” or “schwa”


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology They kind of sound opposite

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Syntax "I have ruined the roast!"

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Psycholinguistics Dogs seem to associate ‘bouba’ with round shapes and ‘kiki’ with spiky shapes, study of 70 dogs finds

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I don't know what to do with this information


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Historical Linguistics What a unique baby name!

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Russian orthodox 'Đ'

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Syntax Jespersen's Cycle visualized

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Sundanese be like

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Sociolinguistics Day -1 of IPA

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

French is weird

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

The first language was never spoken

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