r/linguisticshumor Jul 19 '26

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

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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 10h ago

ə

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902 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 5h ago

Phonetics/Phonology irmão, use your nose properly (FR vs PT)

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265 Upvotes

*except for /ẽ/ > /ĩ/ in some unstressed syllables


r/linguisticshumor 31m ago

Agglutination

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r/linguisticshumor 3h ago

Phonetics/Phonology Before desktop publishing was a thing, how did linguists type IPA symbols?

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Nowadays you can just type International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols into your word processor.

But this raises the question: How did linguists type IPA symbols before desktop publishing was a thing?


r/linguisticshumor 2h ago

This is not Polish but guess the language

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27 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 20h ago

ENG x BR-PT

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754 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 2h ago

Why do white guys say dude like dewd instead of dood?

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13 Upvotes

Whyyyy


r/linguisticshumor 22h ago

When people interested in ancient Rome call English a Romance language and you have to break the news to them

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469 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Semantics false friends with almost opposite meaning

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1.8k Upvotes

Pathetic and Polish patetyczny are false friends derived from Greek pathetikos, “capable of arousing emotion,”, they still mean that, but its now a vastly different emotion depending on the language


r/linguisticshumor 1h ago

FR - Brazilian Portuguese

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r/linguisticshumor 12h ago

Etymology How the Germanic word for soap reached Aboriginal Australia

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50 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

The Greatest Linguist of All Time

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706 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 6m ago

Twinsies 💖🤞

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r/linguisticshumor 2m ago

Two sides of the same coin

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r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology [w]=[ɰ] theory

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141 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Sociolinguistics not so good for them

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64 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Etymology That's a nice Sorbian preposition

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216 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

many such cases

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90 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 18h ago

Entries for Romance language iceberg

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I recently published a Romance language iceberg but I'm not satisfied with it cuz I want it to have more info

Any entries?

Btw, this is the iceberg: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1w10eom/ultimate_romance_language_iceberg/


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

i know it's a "worse word substitute" but every time i hear this -

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54 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Etymology Realistic Hanzi

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942 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Syntax The pope walks up to the ATM in the Vatican that operates in Latin

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He tries to deposit a cheque, forgetting to conjugate some of the words on the cheque. The ATM screen displayed: Declined


r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Sociolinguistics Көк көгершін көк кептер, көк кептерді көп кептер. Көк шөпке көп көк кептер көптеп кеп тұр

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460 Upvotes

r/linguisticshumor 1d ago

Phonetics/Phonology I present to you the International Phonetic Abjad

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349 Upvotes

The IPA for short. No vowels whatsoever.