r/linguisticshumor • • Jul 19 '26

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

121 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 • • 2m ago

Sociolinguistics "I don't care about dying languages" :(

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r/linguisticshumor • • 18h ago

Syntax Fair warning: Outlook is phasing out "of."

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479 Upvotes

As though we needed MORE reasons to hate Outlook. (Users know.)

Frustration edit: I wrote a quick example sentence during my lunch at work, including a second "of" which I'll admit sounds a little awkward in context.

But Outlook suggests this EVERY TIME. It could say "Look at all of those chickens." 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 Full stop. Still tries to change EVERY instance of "all of" to "all," context notwithstanding.


r/linguisticshumor • • 16h ago

Etymology Sometimes I think languages just do things to hurt future linguists

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287 Upvotes

For those curious, the exact mechanisms behind the sound change from pie *dw- into old armenian erk(u)- are still fairly heavily debated

But a possible path is *dw- > *dgw > *rgw- > *erg(u)- which makes it seem at least a little less crazy lol


r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Morphology Calvin learns about linguistics

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1.7k Upvotes

Made this at like 4am so if I messed something up, may Yuri Knorozov forgive me


r/linguisticshumor • • 18h ago

Linguistic gatekeeping is crazy 😭

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399 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 15h ago

Historical Linguistics The English did a little switcheroo

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168 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Semantics Fr tho, how would you describe these streets?

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847 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Forget Taco Tuesday

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197 Upvotes

Wednesday everyday baby


r/linguisticshumor • • 15h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Selling phonemes

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I’m selling some consonants if anyone is interested. DM me if you want one.

/t/ $5.49

/d/ $7.99

/m/ $5.99

/n/ $6.99

/x/ $29.99

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r/linguisticshumor • • 18h ago

🤯 O ICEBERG DAS LÍNGUAS MAIS DIFÍCEIS DO MUNDO

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42 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 10h ago

Onomatopoeia

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Who invented these figures of speech and why do they all sound so unfriendly??? Oxymoron, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, circumlocution. It all sounds so complex 😭


r/linguisticshumor • • 22h ago

Phonetics/Phonology I propose a solution to the "stop consonant" naming debate

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62 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 15h ago

Historical Linguistics Landafar? Landaſar?

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15 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 7h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Guess my English dialect by this hyper precise analysis of my vowel inventory.

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Syntax anaphora starter pack

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146 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 22h ago

Þis is for ānum mōdlicum rǣdġiefan. Hū eallum opene!

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40 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Etymology How Germanic is French btw?

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865 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology Hmmm, yes, very wise

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64 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 2h ago

i tried to fix their typo with a color pencil, so my /ŋ/ looks unfortunate

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0 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Etymology The history of the pronunciation of "fault"

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112 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Standard German should've been Low German

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489 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Sociolinguistics When a furry says "Oh Woah!"

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r/linguisticshumor • • 1d ago

Portuguese Future Tense

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306 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor • • 2d ago

Evolution of the graphical representation of the Germanic umlaut surely involved sloppy writing and sloppy scribes

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603 Upvotes