linguistics_humor - kbin.social

Phonetics negociation (sh.itjust.works)

The descriptivist's dilemma (discuss.tchncs.de)

spoileralt 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.

xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits (mander.xyz)

I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true....

xkcd on language change (mander.xyz)

Source....

What languages are you learning? (hexbear.net)

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1626564

What is a "dog"? (mander.xyz)

Source

Deutschland Germany Allemagne Tyskland Vokietija Niemcy Nemecko Saksa... (sh.itjust.works)

Source: Itchy Feet (www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2024/01/real-name.html)

The etymology of Soyjak (mander.xyz)

Steamed Hams but i sorted it by phoneme (youtu.be)

Mum wake up, new division just came through (i.redd.it)

An isogloss or a political border? 🥶🥶🥶...

science (nerdica.net) en-gb

media.hachyderm.io/media_attac…

Christmas Future Imperfect Conditional (nerdica.net) en-gb

diaspora.glasswings.com/upload…

This should be forbidden (lemmygrad.ml)

Cross-post da: lemmygrad.ml/post/2933436

Ghoti (ghostarchive.org)

Steamed Hams but i[t's] sorted by phoneme - Xidnaf (www.youtube.com)

From comment and video description:...

smh do people really believe the bottom etymology? (feddit.de)

R5: PIE *h2o > o (although in Anatolian languages h2 is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H2O, and French eau means water

They have played us for absolute cretins... (feddit.it)

Source: imgur

Webster has no chill (www.merriam-webster.com)

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.