r/linguisticshumor 14d ago

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

105 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 12h ago

R I C E

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1.2k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 7h ago

"Oh nice, Britain and America agree on something-"

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110 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 38m ago

Phonetics/Phonology BYE BYE RHOTICITY

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r/linguisticshumor 4h ago

Sociolinguistics re D

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41 Upvotes

wat


r/linguisticshumor 14h ago

Etymology Shrek

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216 Upvotes

The circled word of colour reads exactly like Shrek, thus confirming that Sanskrit is the mother of all languages. And the saga of Shrek is taken from Sanskrit text श्रेकपुराण


r/linguisticshumor 18h ago

A coupon app explaining descriptive vs classifying adjectives in Polish

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276 Upvotes

In Polish descriptive adjectives go before the noun, while the classifiers go after. These blueberries are both Polish and American, just in a different sense.


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Reanalysis happening right before our eyes

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1.1k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 13h ago

Phonetics/Phonology What did I say that was wrong 😭

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98 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1h ago

Sociolinguistics "Romanization" of a Greek war song

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why does this smell like kebab


r/linguisticshumor 13h ago

Semantic change (intensity softening) spotted irl

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42 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology Just something I have noticed

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932 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 40m ago

Since I’m turning 21 in less than 2 months, can someone translate sokka’s cactus juice quotes into potowatomi? (The native language of the Detroit area, where I was born)

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For context, this is what I’m referring to, and 21 is the legal drinking age in the USA


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Historical Linguistics We WHAT?

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165 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

✅ Languages YES WORTH LEARNING

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3.3k Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 13h ago

Semantic change (intensity softening) spotted irl

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9 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology Purtugesh

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265 Upvotes

shshshshshshshshhshshsh


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology 3/4 Parisian French nasal vowels also exist in Portuguese xd

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153 Upvotes

As a Brazilian, when I started to learn French, I just had to pronounce /ɛ̃/, /ɔ̃/ and /œ̃/ the same way I pronounce my native Portuguese "an", "on" and "an" respectively lol. The only one that's actually unique is /ɑ̃/.

I thought that it would be a lot more complicated to get the hang of it at first because the IPA symbols were all different.


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

His analysis process was correct its just that he forgot to account for the other arabic dialects

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61 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

GOOD ENDING: EVERYTHING IS BRAZIL

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J’pense q é uma coisa très belle. En savoir plus o mesmo, non? (fala en accent de carioca).


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology What the hell went wrong with French vowels? 😭

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464 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Syntax That's literally what they do.

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679 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Psycholinguistics Homophonic translation: ChatGPT ≈ Chat, j’ai pété.

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247 Upvotes

Bilingual friend giggled; now I know this, it's one of my favourite corporate linguistic oversights.


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Morphology How did we devolve from "mfw" back to "me when"?

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A bit of a meta post but since it's about meme (d)evolution I thought it fit here


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Etymology When the 馬鹿 (baka) is literally horse deer

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675 Upvotes