Linguistics Humor

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Chickens (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by lvxferre@mander.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Something-mology (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Welsh orthography (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by Skua@kbin.earth to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Basically twins? (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26119689

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Evil Beekes be like: (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by hopeleft@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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No Pre-Greek origin today >:)

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þeodisce spræc (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Though I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout. (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by lvxferre@mander.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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English is a strange language. (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225

I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.

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Lorem ipsum (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Multi-lingual (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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ghoti shall set us free (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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The many forms of Pain (au Chocolat) (infosec.pub)
submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Any Low German speakers here? (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Phase Change (xkcd) (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Deebster to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3025

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It's alright (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Medieval Twitter (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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The wonders of English spelling (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Explain French (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Hard time to be non-binary Spanish person (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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"It's so much trouble remembering modern pronou-" (infosec.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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I thought it was an easy question ... (infosec.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Bone cognates (infosec.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon". (infosec.pub)
submitted 8 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20160782

Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name

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씨발 allophones (infosec.pub)
submitted 8 months ago by TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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살 and 쌀 are the same word

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Linguistic Perscriptivists (mander.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by Deebster@programming.dev to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/16786687

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