Linguistics Humor
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20160782 > Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/16786687
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18281066 > Least long-winded speech of Cicero
from [S11 E16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8IWBOmc_g): UK Elections, Flag Controversies & Louisiana: 6/23/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver anyone from Great Britain? dodgy, tosser, numpty, wanker, dicksplash, fuckletoes, pillock, cockwomble?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16743680 > ghoti rule
::: spoiler spoiler alt text: A two panel comic. In the first panel there are two buttons labeled "I don't believe in prescriptivism" and "'Literally' cannot mean 'figuratively'". A finger hovers between the buttons. In the second panel, the finger's owner is sweating and wiping his brow, unable to decide. :::
I feel slightly offended. Because it's true. (Alt text: "Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you're currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.") [xkcd source](https://xkcd.com/2390/)
[Source.](https://xkcd.com/1483/) Alt-text: «God was like, "Let there be light," and there was light.»
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1626564
[Source](https://leftoversalad.tumblr.com/post/102245409302)
Source: Itchy Feet (https://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2024/01/real-name.html)
An isogloss or a political border? 🥶🥶🥶 Cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1728128
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Cross-post da: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2933436
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From comment and video description: > **best enjoyed with subtitles** > > this is what you guys meant when you said you wanted more linguistics videos, right?
R5: PIE *h~2~o > o (although in Anatolian languages h~2~ is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H~2~O, and French eau means water
Source: [imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/5o28II2)
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> Not only do we define anyways (gasp!), we give the word multiple senses (look away, children!). Is the English language dead and have we killed it? No.
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This meme was brought to you by a Flemish speaker
Hover text: > Yes you can take a mean of meanings for the right meaning of mean. ::: spoiler Bonus panel  ::: Source: [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mean](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mean)
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/1538189
Source: [Three Panel Soul](http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/that39s-how-it-happened)
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/3511115 Title text: I pronounce the 'u' in 'pronunciation' like in 'putting' but the 'ou' in 'pronounce' like in 'wound'. ----- ::: spoiler Transcript [The word "Tuesday", with each letter labeled by a box with an arrow:] T: As in buffet u: As in minute e: As in record s: As in use d: As in moped a: As in bass y: As in gyro [Caption below the panel:] Pet peeve: Ambiguous pronunciation guides ::: ----- - https://xkcd.com/2819/ - https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2819
Image transcription: Cereal guy meme template. In the first frame he says: "Hmm, wonder whether trills can be aspirated". In the second frame, as indicated with IPA, he articulates a heavily lengthened preaspirated voiceless bilabial trill, thence spitting the cereal. And no, you can generally only aspirate obstruents, hence the preaspiration.
Source: [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pronounce) Hover tooltip text: > Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good. Bonus panel:  RSS Feed: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss
