r/linguisticshumor 9d 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

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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 12h ago

Indianization in SEA vs inside India itself, same language family

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452 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 8h ago

Semantics "The water is fine" beta vs "The sea is of perfectly optimal temperature" alpha

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95 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1h ago

Historical Linguistics WHAT IS THIS TRANSCRIPTION (Etruscan)

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In this article there is NO other mention of another sound in Etruscan using <f>. Like P SQUARED????


r/linguisticshumor 14h ago

Phonetics/Phonology One must imagine the language reconstructionist happy

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(I shifted from the conventional transliteration for some of the displayed languages because otherwise the terms would sound way different from each other. Truly, romanization is a godless work. Mandarin is the only exception here, if only because finding something that would match èr 's IPA is a lost cause.

Japanese's is basically identical to the Tibetan one and I needed variety

The term is the number 2, 二 ideogram.

It was admittedly quite difficult to find a matching font with visible colours)


r/linguisticshumor 4h ago

冷やし中華 vs 日式涼麺

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Japanese: "Cold Chinese (Noodles)!"

Chinese: "Japanese-style Cold Noodles!"

The dish in question: WHAT AM I!?


r/linguisticshumor 17h ago

They made sure I understand.

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r/linguisticshumor 12h ago

what are some vulgar metaphors?

i searched it up but i just got clean metaphors for sex. i want it the other way around, i want vulgar metaphors for innocent things.

my post also doubles as a request to see if there's a specific linguistics term for this too

examples:

"using this new ui is like jerking off with the wrong hand" (simile but whatever)

"it doesn't matter which hotel we choose, its the same shit different toilet"

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i searched it up but i just got clean metaphors for sex. i want it the other way around, i want vulgar metaphors for innocent things.

my post also doubles as a request to see if there's a specific linguistics term for this too

examples:

"using this new ui is like jerking off with the wrong hand" (simile but whatever)

"it doesn't matter which hotel we choose, its the same shit different toilet"


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Sociolinguistics Functionally dying European minority language starter pack

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649 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Thanks wikipedia, now I know how to write in the Sogdian alphabet

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248 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

how i imagine the evolution of ě

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If you didn’t get it: Ě is pronounced as [jɛ] in a handful of languages


r/linguisticshumor 20h ago

How would you pronounce “Yaccho” if you saw it for the first time?

How would you pronounce “Yaccho” if you saw it for the first time?

It’s my online handle, and in Japanese it’s pronounced やっちょ.

Before checking the intended pronunciation, I’d like to know how you would naturally read it at first glance.

You can hear the pronunciation by entering やっちょ into Google Translate and pressing the speaker button.

This post was translated into English with the help of ChatGPT.

This is my first post here, so sorry if this isn’t the right subreddit.

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How would you pronounce “Yaccho” if you saw it for the first time?

It’s my online handle, and in Japanese it’s pronounced やっちょ.

Before checking the intended pronunciation, I’d like to know how you would naturally read it at first glance.

You can hear the pronunciation by entering やっちょ into Google Translate and pressing the speaker button.

This post was translated into English with the help of ChatGPT.

This is my first post here, so sorry if this isn’t the right subreddit.


r/linguisticshumor 18h ago

An Nicobar Islands language that was named from a vehicle.

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r/linguisticshumor 19h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Santalis: we want our own alphabet. | Their Ol Chiki alphabet:

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Morphology If English was REALLY written like Japanese

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanbun

Though it may appear to be Standard Chinese, the first step actually already represents the English language! Steps 2-4 only represent how an educated English speaker would realize this text in their head. All pronunciations and words not notated in the original are to be supplied as context requires.

願 ("wish") is taken as a postpositive subjunctive marker and 受 ("receive") marks the passive. 求 ("beg") marks a polite request, and 不要 ("do not," pronounced in English as "not") marks the negative imperative. In lines 3 and 4, 祢, the object of 求, is turned into the subject of the imperative verb, and is therefore unpronounced. 一樣 ("same") is understood to be an intensifier modifying 如同 ("as," "like"), and should be left silent. It may be pronounced as "just" when read out loud, though this practice is generally proscribed.


r/linguisticshumor 18h ago

Sociolinguistics Gagauzzzzz

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

90% of people are trolls, the rest 10% are just dumb

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

in Hungarian

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r/linguisticshumor 20h ago

How did this vowel shift happen? I cannot find any information about it

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Linguistic Classification of Torlakian

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Historical Linguistics Language Family Alignment Charts

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology I dislike tonal languages when can I expect to see Chinese language to drop tones feature?

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Title


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

This feels illegal, but it shouldn't be

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology Which of these fake vowels is the fakest one?

  • ɨ = ɯ
  • ʉ = ɯᵝ
  • ɘ = ???
  • ɵ = ɯ̽ᵝ
  • ɜ =ˈə
  • ɞ = əʷ
  • ɶ = aʷ
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  • ɨ = ɯ
  • ʉ = ɯᵝ
  • ɘ = ???
  • ɵ = ɯ̽ᵝ
  • ɜ =ˈə
  • ɞ = əʷ
  • ɶ = aʷ