40 Funny Posts About Linguistics That Might Make You Realize How Silly Language Can Be

Serial pacifist 10 months ago

Just don’t get carriage away.

10points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Brilliant! -The punniest thing I've read so far, today.

1point

BrunoVI 10 months ago

All this economic progress slowed down shortly after the popularization of the DVD. No-one has turntables anymore. That can't be a coincidence.

1point

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

oh well done :))

1point

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

100 years ago was 1925. I think all of my grandparents were in London by then - none of them owning either a horse or a car (although two had come from horse-owning farming families).

1point

Steinem Sukker Rumpe 10 months ago

How the turn stables

1point

Jane Hower 9 months ago

Good one

0points

Paige Barton 10 months ago

I have horses and cars

0points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Very clever, indeed.

0points

#2

Text meme: Definition of "Antistalking," meaning learning a person's routine to avoid them. Humorous linguistic meme.

Final score:

156points

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E Menendez 10 months ago

I do this more often than I would like to admit...

49points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

I do this more often than I would like to have to...

4points

Beak Hookage 10 months ago

As a teenager I read a magazine article which was a list of comebacks for cheesy pick-up lines. One of them was "Have we met before?" "Yeah, that's why I don't go there any more."

11points

Pencil 10 months ago

This is why I never delete the phone numbers of people I don't want to talk to. I'm in a situation where I often have to answer unknown callers but I still don't want to talk to my annoying former neighbor.

6points

ILoveMySon 10 months ago

I LITERALLY just avoided an annoying person recently because I saved the number.

1point

SCamp 10 months ago (edited)

Antistalking is a noun. The verb would be ‘antistalk’

2points

XenoMurph 10 months ago

Uncle is staying quiet

1point

Mary Peace 10 months ago

Add a 'u' after the 1st letter, a space after the 1st 't' and a space after the 's', and it becomes "Be quiet and listen to your parent's sister/uncle's wife."

0points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

I used to regret that my 3 kids rarely visit. Now, I thank God that they NEver do.

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Wrk from home. Avoid seeing Bob and Karen, except on zoom calls. Keep the zoom meeting on more continuously.

0points

Zero 10 months ago

I finally have a title

0points

#3

Two chat bubbles with a linguistic meme about the phrase "Started seeing someone" and its humorous interpretation.

Final score:

139points

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Pandora 10 months ago

Only time will tell...

37points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

one does not necessarily stand alone from the other

5points

Khavrinen 10 months ago (edited)

Hallucinations are the only women who WOULD date me.

6points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Valid question! "I see dead people." "As in dating or hallucinations?"

4points

Hugh Crawford 10 months ago

Stalking

4points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 10 months ago

a therapist

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Yeah, I know it's a joke but I heard a woman saying she really sees her dead aunt and it was heartbreaking.

1point

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

How many comments will reference Haley Joel Osmet's unforgetable line?

0points

Dying_Rainbow 10 months ago

Fair question

0points

Still Going 10 months ago

Third option: therapist

0points

$fracarr avatar$

François Carré 10 months ago

Maybe both ?

0points

While English doesn’t assign random genders to nouns, many languages across the globe do. If you have ever attempted to learn French or Spanish as a native English speaker, you will quickly ask questions like “why do I need to know if a table is a girl?” This is a very reasonable question and you often won’t hear a reasonable answer.

Often, there is no logic behind it, besides the form the word happens to take. Most languages differentiate a noun’s gender with a suffix, and often have some other rules about pronunciation as well. Native speakers tend to not even notice how unintuitive this can be until it’s pointed out, these days, often in a meme.

#4

Street art of two men holding a frame with text: "The 'Earth' without 'Art' is just 'Eh'." Linguistic meme humor.

Final score:

136points

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Nikole 10 months ago

Nice

17points

WindySwede 10 months ago

a banana with a ducttape is just b⬛na 🙃

2points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Banksy's art is to make you think

4points

Pencil 10 months ago

There's a town in NJ called East Hanover. They decided a few years back to give themselves a hashtag to build community spirit. They managed to come up with "We are EH" Inspiring, huh? Lol.

3points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

I love this :))

2points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

I had that in an art classroom in my old school lol

2points

Unigirl 10 months ago

OMG SAME

2points

PenguinEmp 10 months ago

Meh

1point

Anonymous Fox 10 months ago

and without "_H" it's just FART

1point

char 10 months ago

woah, that's deep

1point

Jane Hower 9 months ago

Anothe GOOD ONE!!!

0points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

Brilliant

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

All your Banksy are belong to us !

0points

#5

Funny linguistic meme with a humorous definition of "synonym" as a word used when you can't spell another.

Final score:

133points

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DE Ray 10 months ago

A: "This tastes like synonym!" B: "Are you trying to say 'cinnamon'?" A: "It's another word for the same thing, isn't it?" B: "..."

43points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

lol :)) I'm pained still at "irregardless"

5points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

DE Ray, I like this better than the above meme. Thank you.

0points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

It's no wonder, that Bored Panda has sooo many subscribers. -Truly one of the best portals. Thank you ALL for brightening the lives of X, 000,000s!

0points

char 10 months ago

very clever

0points

Richard Nichols 10 months ago

Antonym: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.

1point

Never Snarky 10 months ago

What is another word for thesaurus?

1point

KittyGaming 10 months ago

Fr

1point

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Just keeping life simple; -no harm in that, right?

0points

Shelley DuVal 10 months ago

There are a lot of words I cannot pronounce if my life depended on it. Ibuprofen for one.

0points

BrunoVI 10 months ago

As some-one with aphasia, I find this joke ... like the team that has the football.

0points

Pyla 10 months ago

This joke has been around for 100 years

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

Sorry, but it wasn't around me until today.

0points

Warren Peece 10 months ago

I was actually taught this in nursing school when we were learning to write nursing notes.

0points

#6

Sign with a linguistic meme joke about fast food marketing inside a restaurant setting.

Final score:

132points

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Cyndi Hafele 10 months ago

😄😄

25points

Nikole 10 months ago

Love it

0points

Warren Peece 10 months ago

So proud of this man: Beat-67940...c63c5b.jpg

1point

Joe Ora Ora 9 months ago

Genus, get it, maketing... you know you maketing soting

0points

ZuriLovesYou 10 months ago

I don't get it.

0points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

I don't get it 😞

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

What do you get if you take the 's' out of 'fastfood' ?

0points

#7

Text-based linguistic meme with humorous play on words about a "mail child."

Final score:

132points

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SCP 4666 10 months ago (edited)

I hear the AOL voice ring up after she gave birth...You got male!

37points

WindySwede 10 months ago

*Tom Hanks is born*

3points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Insert "delivery" joke here.

3points

Nikole 10 months ago

Lol

3points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

lol :)) well done :))

1point

Madeleine Christiansen 9 months ago

I wonder how the delivery is going to go, or if it went

0points

#8

Linguistic meme about English language differences in phrases at a funeral, shared by a Facebook page.

Final score:

124points

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Lost Panda 10 months ago

As my drill instructor would say if someone said "I'm sorry" *ahem* "I know you are! I didn't ask for a character reference!"

21points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

definitely a character reference :))

1point

Sue 10 months ago

Was that Sergeant PeeWee?

1point

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Wow, are they STILL using that threadbare cliche'? It's what?; 100 years-old, by now? MORE?

0points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Sorry implies remorse, empathy. Apologize doesn't necessarily.

5points

Hippopotamuses 10 months ago

Exactly. Unfortunately, that distinction seems to have been lost.

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Sorry is probably the most often used English loanword in Polish. In English, there's a more serious one and a more casual one word for it, in Polish there's only the serious one, so we borrowed the casual one.

3points

Talis 10 months ago (edited)

I don't think that "I'm sorry" and "I apologize" mean the same thing.

3points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

They don't. But I apologise is a subset of I'm sorry

1point

Pandora 10 months ago

I apologise for your loss.

3points

Nikole 10 months ago

Same issue as the post

5points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Sorry is absolutely the most misunderstood and misused word in the English language. When you bump into someone, you say sorry. When your behavior hurts or damages another or others, sorry is never, ever enough.

2points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

There, their, they're. Ok.

1point

Shelley Dawson 10 months ago

'I'm sorry' is also a commiseration for bad news given.

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

Yes, but you wouldn't say 'I apologise' for the bad news, that's the point.

0points

#9

Hilarious linguistic meme defining "Home" as a place to be ugly in peace.

Final score:

121points

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Undercover 10 months ago

Oh, yesssssss 🥰🥹👍

20points

Miki 10 months ago

Home is where your phone automatically connects to WiFi.

7points

Sara Shamsabadi 10 months ago

wisdom is realizing you could have been your fun, ugly, relaxed self all along LOL

5points

Margaret H 10 months ago

Ugly and braless...

4points

Senjo Krane 10 months ago

First thing to come off as I walk in the door.

1point

Tabea Junghanns 10 months ago

YES!

0points

Niels AirMax 10 months ago

I feel this too hard...😔

0points

#10

Linguistic meme highlighting confusing English words like incapable, inflammable, and invaluable from Grammar YUNiversity.

Final score:

114points

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Onion Cat 10 months ago

The fact that worthless and priceless sound like they should mean the same thing but they're complete opposites.

50points

Verena 10 months ago

In German we have "umsonst" and "kostenlos". Both mean "no payment", but that they should be used with caution is demonstrated with "your education required no payment (kostenlos), but it had no lasting effect (umsonst)".

6points

HeavyMetalHeart Premium 10 months ago

I was soooo confused by this as a kid! Couldn’t understand why people seemed excited when their antiques were - as far as I understood it - declared worthless lol.

2points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago (edited)

Do they, though? I guess it's a country / regional thing. They don't to me. I look at these words and one says "worth nothing" and the other says "something so valuable you can put no price on it."

1point

B Hobbs 10 months ago

One has to look at them "correctly". Worthless and priceless both mean that a value cannot be placed on something.

1point

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Priceless should be pricemore or on sale.

1point

ThisisKaylin 10 months ago

That drives me crazy! Sometimes I have to pause for half a second and be like, "pricelss..okay." lol

0points

Calyx Teren 10 months ago

A convenient proof that price does not equal worth.

0points

BrunoVI 10 months ago

That observation is so pure-hearted, it's incorrupt. Waitasecond... Oh, and fun fact: although online dictionaries have bowed to comical misuse, including by recent presidents, "enormity" means "terribleness," not "enormousness."

0points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

As I understand it "Inflammable" is a much older word for "able to flam" than flammable. Annoyingly unflammable is not a word and we have to use non-flammable for "not able to flam".

4points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

Flim-flam.

0points

Carla Pereira Chagas 10 months ago

Same en español

3points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Yep, thanks for the b!tchsl@p, English!

2points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

To "sanction" an action is both to approve of it and to punish for it.

2points

Shelley Dawson 10 months ago

We have to keep you thinking, but many haven't even started.

1point

ILoveMySon 10 months ago

😅😅😅

0points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

"Invaluable" means it's value is too great to be estimated. Just like "priceless".

1point

Sue 10 months ago

I was very confused as a kid - inflammable & flammable could be an accident waiting to happen.

1point

Senjo Krane 10 months ago

I read the other day that they both mean able to flame, so it just gets worse.

0points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Proving that English is the strangest language, -seeming opposites (flammable and inflammable) are identical in meaning. Go figure.

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

No wonder immigrants can't speak the language. If you weren't an English speaking person, you would go round the twist trying to learn the different contexts, grammar and spelling of this stupid language. I am always pulled up by my computer for using Australian spelling. Colour instead of color etc.

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

English person here, having similar problem. I have tried to reset my laptop to U.K. English, without success. It goes straight back to American English. (no offence, peeps!)

0points

#11

Hilarious linguistic meme comparing two French novels, one with and one without unpronounced letters.

Final score:

114points

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Multa Nocte 10 months ago

OK, it's true. Sent from France.

45points

Pernille 10 months ago

But here in the South West they pronounce letters that doesn't even get written, so it evens out. Tout es bieng.

11points

Reviewer01 10 months ago

Scots Gaelic: hold my drink

7points

Hugo 2 months ago

Or Irish, which has whole silent syllables. Yet Welsh spelling is very phonetic (if you know the rules).

0points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago (edited)

Yes, English is the linguistic iSland Known for pronouncing all letters, recoGnizing the valuE of each in a KniGHtly fashIon, a casTle of pronounciation KnoWledgE, althoUGH suBtle siGns show that you can undouBtedly go for an Hour on a WeDnEsday niGHt counting words with silent siGns.

4points

Toothless Feline 10 months ago

Unfortunately, the letters not pronounced are the only way to tell many words apart.

1point

Marnie 10 months ago

I wish Spanish had become the most common second language instead of English. Spanish is very regular in spelling, pronunciation, and grammar rules. I love Spanish. (It is also a much prettier language than most, imho.)

1point

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

Because American English is derived from Queens English. And England started the fun by mixing Latin with Galic, stole some Greek, then we had the viking era (no I'm not capitalizing it because Viking is a verb not a nationality) which scramble that into a predominance of Saxon, Danish and who have you. Then they added German influence, sprinkle in some French. I'm sure I'm missing some.

2points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

Why do they do that? It's so annoying.

1point

Kay Christensen 6 months ago

😆😆😆

0points

Paige Barton 10 months ago

Wow

0points

B. J. Moore 10 months ago

AMEN! Craziest language ever using the English alphabet!

0points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

What about the letters not pronounced in English???? Every book would be but a magazine!

0points

#12

Linguistic meme featuring a runner labeled "Usain Bold" and "Usain Italic" on a track.

Final score:

110points

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Sarah Laurent 10 months ago

*bold italic

20points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago

Missed opportunity for a third photo just before crossing the end line - Usein underlined.

5points

tarryn norwich 10 months ago

When I put my Fiat in sport mode the display goes italicized, and it makes me laugh every time.

2points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

mediocre-ish...

1point

char 10 months ago

should also edit him thinner to undo the bold

1point

#13

Linguistic meme joke about cake, gluttony, and the mathematical concept of sine with pie.

Final score:

109points

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Carla Pereira Chagas 10 months ago

Nerd alert

39points

Claire Teasdale 10 months ago

We will take that as a compliment

0points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Oh you math guys think you have an answer for everything. Oh...wait...

3points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

OMG. Engineer's joke!

0points

#14

Linguistic meme with text: "At the end of the day we are all human beans. And together we will rice."

Final score:

109points

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Lost Panda 10 months ago

I don't know if I even carrot all

70points

Nikole 10 months ago

I do, because we’re really in a pickle now.

21points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

I mustard looked like I cared....

7points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Just what's your beef with this?

6points

Peppy 10 months ago

It’ll turnip alright in the end

4points

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

Broccoli... erm... nevermind.

3points

Willow wolf! 10 months ago

Lettuce pray

1point

Alex De Sa 10 months ago

Lettuce pray

6points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Ramen.

6points

Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago

Lettuce be one voice.

5points

Glix Drap 10 months ago

These are sage words.

4points

Cuppa tea? 10 months ago

At this point, it's too late tomatoe.

3points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Think of the pastabilities!

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Loving the comments here. lol

1point

Coffee loving panda 10 months ago

I hope for peas

1point

R1MV4Superleggera 10 months ago

Sheez! 😄

1point

#15

Graffiti on a wall: "Real eyes realize real lies," showcasing a humorous linguistic meme.

Final score:

107points

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Nikole 10 months ago

As true today as when it was written.

24points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

Tupac!

3points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

A bumper sticker & t-shirt.

3points

Madeleine Christiansen 9 months ago

Reel lies??

0points

#16

Man in glasses surprised by linguistic meme about Sweden vs Denmark scoreboard letters.

Final score:

107points

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Cyndi Hafele 10 months ago

Powerful.

22points

Niels AirMax 10 months ago

Wait until Nigeria plays against Germany. You're in for a laugh...🫣

7points

Pernille 10 months ago

Except at friendlies where we don't bother changing our country names to the english versions. I will never stop getting annoying at the "translation" of place names. And think of poor Germans that never gets called Deutsche, but everything from German to allemand.

4points

James Peek 10 months ago (edited)

Thx I forgot that this is another thing we Americans do. Sorry. I'm pretty sure most don't know this. Our education system sucks.

1point

Robert Trebor 10 months ago

But if they used the local spelling this wouldn't work SVE - DAN / RIGE - MARK

2points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

Svedan Rigemark is a pretty cool name

0points

Tee Lee 10 months ago

Oh, that just makes my brain hurt...

0points

#17

Sign with text "Crocodiles do not swim here" near a lake, illustrating a hilarious linguistic meme.

Final score:

106points

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Scott Rackley 10 months ago

Looks like a sign a crocodile would make

109points

Passerby 10 months ago

The sign is actually for the crocodiles to read, forbidding them from swimming here.

12points

Mike F 10 months ago

But they can still eat there, right?

9points

Cyber Returns 10 months ago

They have boats

7points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

"No, we dine here."

6points

Fiona Bell 10 months ago

Where do they swim ?

3points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

So the water is that polluted? Gotcha - I'm swimming someplace else.

2points

Sue 10 months ago

They only swim there after awhile.

1point

KieLeaHar 9 months ago

Should put an exclamation point after ‘crocodiles’, like they do on signs in North Queensland.

0points

KieLeaHar 9 months ago

They should put an exclamation point after the ‘crocodiles’ so people know it’s serious, like they do in North Queensland.

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

So what do they do -- tread water, sun themselves on inflatables or what?

0points

#18

Hilarious linguistic meme about the pronunciation of "cooperate."

Final score:

103points

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Verena 10 months ago

In the Netherlands they use a "trema" for this, coöperatie, but as a German, where the "ö" is a sound of its own, utterly confusing

2points

Nina 10 months ago

I apologize for the Dutch language and all its intricacies. We took a lot from German, but tried to make it our own. I'd say task failed successfully 😅

5points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

I wonder if that conversation was recorded, I'd like to hear it....

1point

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Not so cool.

1point

Liz Butt 10 months ago

I wrote a sentence ages ago and left it alone for a while. When I came back, I didn't understand what I wrote. I wrote noone. and couldn't figure out that it meant no one. I finally figures it out and thought what a dumbass I was.

0points

Mary Peace 10 months ago

I've seen 'noone' written by someone else, and I puzzled for a while to understand it. Maybe 'noone' else could get it either!

0points

Ravenkbh 10 months ago

They both had good lawyers

0points

#19

A linguistic meme humorously defining "etc." as "End of Thinking Capacity".

Final score:

103points

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Libstak 10 months ago (edited)

Yes but capacity should care factor

9points

Andrea Steinacher 10 months ago

or creative writing

1point

Learner Panda 10 months ago

And there are some people who can't spell etc.

1point

Mary Peace 10 months ago

I've noticed a lot of people (in the U.K. at least) write or type 'ect'. It drives me mad, but if I correct them, I'm being a 'pedant'!

0points

Ansi 10 months ago

...or tired hands...

0points

#20

Hilarious linguistic meme: Tweets joke about names like Soulja Boy and Adele.

Final score:

103points

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Pandora 10 months ago

AC/DC aren't even electricians! ⚡️

65points

Nota Robot 10 months ago

Or current

19points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

AC/DC aren't even a health protection organisation

-1point

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

They're bi.

-2points

Carla Pereira Chagas 10 months ago

Madonna... Don't think She's a virgin...

20points

Spidercat 10 months ago

For the Scots...Ma Donner did nay come with salad.

12points

Vesuvius 10 months ago

Flo Rida isn’t even Florida.

19points

Nikole 10 months ago

He rides flows though I guess

1point

Moana Manana 10 months ago

50cent got a little more

17points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

The Proud Boys should be ashamed.

16points

Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago

Barenaked Ladies aren't...

16points

Leigh 10 months ago (edited)

Biggie smalls wasn't small! Snoop dog isn't a dog!

12points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Alice Cooper isn't even a bug that makes barrels

10points

Spidercat 10 months ago

Metallica are made of human flesh.

9points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Metallica don't even lick metal

9points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

The Weeknd is a person!

7points

#21

"Funny linguistic meme with a sign reading 'If you fear change, leave it here' above a cup of coins."

Final score:

96points

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Willow wolf! 10 months ago

Smart

7points

KieLeaHar 9 months ago

The coffee machine sign says ‘ no extra charge’….

0points

dc7md6q6q5 10 months ago

Brilliant

0points

#22

Man in blue shirt looks stressed under text about linguistic meme on "Pacific Ocean" pronunciation differences.

Final score:

96points

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Tuuli Siljamaki 10 months ago

As is every "A" in Australia.

71points

Ervin Conn 10 months ago

As is every "E" in Mercedes.

8points

char 10 months ago

and Antarctica

2points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

We are unapologetic!

2points

Jeremy Klaxon 10 months ago

"Oiseaux" (birds) in French: we don't pronounce any letter in this word. o + i = "wa". E+a+u = "o". The X is silent and S between two vowels is pronounced Z. Long story short, this word is pronounced "wazo".

6points

Brenda 10 months ago

Ain't English fun!?! 🤪

6points

Janissary35680 Premium 10 months ago

It's what paid the bills for many a year. Still does, in fact.🫡

3points

Verena 10 months ago

As is every "g" in Flugzeugträger in Cologne dialect

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

It's a great tool for teaching English. Just as the English speakers' pronunciation of Wrocław: roklo. Dumb but very useful for teachers.

1point

Hugo 2 months ago

I think it should be something like vrotswaff.

0points

Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago

People trying to learn english:

0points

Hugo 2 months ago

I feel sorry for foreigners learning English, but at least we don't have three genders and four cases (more in some languages), with different endings to the adjectives depending on whether they follow the definite or indefinite article; and nearly all native nouns form the plural in -s which makes life simpler.

0points

Spidercat 10 months ago (edited)

I see what they did there.

0points

#23

Man in a plaid shirt with arms akimbo, capturing a humorous linguistic meme moment about Instagram confusion.

Final score:

95points

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Rick Seiden 10 months ago

Instaounce?

46points

Bec 10 months ago

Instaounce sounds like instacart for weed

3points

quentariel 10 months ago

No, it's instabanana.

1point

BrunoVI 10 months ago

Instapound... sounds like a site for married folk to stay away from....

0points

adi cosmin 10 months ago

Ty, Rick, this was eating me up inside!

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

You win

0points

Hiram's Friend 10 months ago

Best use of metric so far today.

3points

WindySwede 10 months ago

mamogram?

3points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Interesting take on the situation. Well done

1point

Warren Peece 10 months ago

Instastone

3points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Hahahahaa, suckerrrrrred, America!

2points

Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago

Instabanana, dammit!!!

1point

Debby Keir 10 months ago

'Stralians use InstaOz.

1point

Ekaterina Myers 10 months ago

Instacup it should be.

0points

Elly Clifton 10 months ago

They always had telegrams though??

0points

#24

Sign with spelling error, "Please use tongues" over pastries, highlighting linguistic humor.

Final score:

92points

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Pandora 10 months ago

👅

14points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago (edited)

It is thongs, silly

3points

PHOTOBOB 10 months ago

So do a taste test before taking one. Seems fair.

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

During the pandemic I saw twice a customer pick up buns with bare hands despite the plastic gloves being right freaking there. People are savages.

2points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Geez, that's really terrible. I mean what did we ever do before gloves.

0points

ThisisKaylin 10 months ago

Well, if you insist...

1point

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

What if I don't like my original pick? Can I put it back?

0points

NBH 10 months ago

What does it actually meant to say?

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Please use tongs to pick pastries. Thanks.

2points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

Ariana Grande did this and *everyone hated that*

0points

Novlette Williams 10 months ago

Noooooo! Don't use the tongues.

0points

Dawn Thomas-Cameron 10 months ago

One of things doesn’t belong here. The rest are actual issues with the language. This is just stupidity

-1point

#25

Linguistic meme comparing a gear shift labeled "Manual" to one with a hat labeled "Manuel."

Final score:

91points

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Nikole 10 months ago

He learned it from a booooook

17points

Slapdash1 10 months ago

Mucho burro on dos tres

6points

TrailerSwift 10 months ago

Which juan?

1point

Svenne O'Lotta 10 months ago

Que?

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Soon to be banned.

-1point

Paige Barton 10 months ago

Hat

1point

R1MV4Superleggera 10 months ago

Really upset about many car companies are no longer offering the manual transmission, especially on the cars I really want! We, the ones who love driving a manual appreciate everything a manual provides. The joyful feeling of completing a well-executed shifting, the mechanical and human connectedness and the utterly awesome sound the manual car can make it

1point

Pernille 10 months ago

How pretentious, and most petrol cars have manual shifts, except in the US where it seems to be too complicated.

-3points

Russell Bowman 10 months ago

He's "Manual ... on a stick" Comedian Jeff Dunham reference

0points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

oh, oh! cultural appropriation by a tap!

0points

#26

Linguistic meme with the text: "I'll do it ASAP / As slowly as pardonable."

Final score:

91points

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Gémeaux jumeaux 10 months ago

Oof. This one's personal.

8points

Family's_disappointment 10 months ago

As slowly as possible??? Maybe

0points

Dee Rutherford 10 months ago

If one is at work, the first one is correct. 😉

0points

#27

Hilarious linguistic meme featuring a humorous play on words and knot joke.

Final score:

89points

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Robert T 10 months ago

"Windy isn't it" "No it's Thursday" "So am I, let's all go and have a cup of tea" :D

38points

WindySwede 10 months ago

huh? 🤷‍♂️🙃

1point

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

Who's on first?

5points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

What's on second

1point

firecrackershrimp 10 months ago

Ok piglet

2points

meow point1 10 months ago

"Pooh!" "Pooh who?" "No! Pooh..."

2points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

"Who knots first?"

1point

Anthony Cotts 10 months ago

That's knot funny.

0points

Kendall Walls 10 months ago

Beautiful!!

0points

Richard Nichols 10 months ago

"No, I cannot knot" .. "So you can't not knot?"

0points

Tiny Fox 10 months ago

Is this a quote from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead?

0points

meow point1 10 months ago

No, it's from a Winnie-the-Pooh movie.

0points

#28

Ancient warrior meme humorously depicting the Achilles heel as a typo in online arguments.

Final score:

86points

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WindySwede 10 months ago

"No one will now"

23points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago

My friend is a type O. He loses all arguments.

4points

Rich Black 10 months ago

Heel, yes!

0points

J B 10 months ago

Every. Single. Time

0points

Intangible Panda 10 months ago

How petty... /s

0points

Warren Peece 10 months ago

You used improper punctuation. Obviously you know nothing about this topic.

4points

#29

Hilarious linguistic meme about 50 Cent joke with over 839K likes.

Final score:

86points

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The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

19points

Sparkle Bean 10 months ago

I prefer 68... you do me and I owe you one

5points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Damn you beat me to it

1point

Jeolas1 10 months ago

Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 9!

2points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

I assume it's because 7 is a prime number and prime numbers can be intimidating.

0points

Leigh 10 months ago

My friend rubbed two quarters against her ear and told me she was listening to 50 cent

2points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

lol :))) the plea got me....

1point

Rrrrr 10 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Stannous Flouride 10 months ago

What's the square root of 69? Eight (ate) something.

0points

Kim Steffen 10 months ago

No, but we WILL remember you.

0points

#30

Sign reading "Yeaman Shore" with text "Hey, can I park here?" in a humorous linguistic meme.

Final score:

85points

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Cee Cee 10 months ago

Scotland

19points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Isn't Yeaman just south of Saudi Arabia? Yea, man.

4points

SCP 4666 10 months ago

Australian parking lot?

2points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

Yass (an actual town in Australia)

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Why not?

0points

#31

An old painting humorously captioned with a linguistic meme about using big words.

Final score:

85points

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Cyndi Hafele 10 months ago

Photosynthetic.

27points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Yes. That definitely works more quiescently

2points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

It’s the second most beautiful English language word.

2points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Means the same thing as photosynthesis as far as I know. Please tell me if it means something else.

0points

painttheyellowsubgreen 10 months ago

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

1point

Chilli 9 months ago

I mean, its canon that saying that to your partner will make them want to marry you

0points

TrailerSwift 10 months ago

It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous! It’s egregious, preposterous, outrageous!

1point

Brenda 10 months ago

Antidisestablishmentarianism. 5th grade bonus spelling word. Still no idea what it means but it sounds impressive!

1point

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Disestablishment: The act of ending the official status of something, especially a national Church. Anti-ditto is opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England.

2points

Chilli 9 months ago

Dipper Pines core

0points

Pandora 10 months ago

How enlightening! ☀️

0points

#32

Linguistic meme explaining different ways to express "attention" in Spanish, French, English, and German.

Final score:

85points

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Khavrinen 10 months ago

"I'm so broke I can't even pay attention."

34points

Esmeralda Villalobos 10 months ago

I'm po, can't afford the or

1point

Lousha 10 months ago

In Hungarian you just "attent" , it's a verb. If you wanna be a bit more flowery about it, you can "turn your attention to" .

3points

Marnie 10 months ago

Interesting. In English, we do "pay attention" as the post said, but people will sometimes say, "Now, turn your attention to the slide on the right." It's sort of strange use of language, so it's super interesting to me that it's used that way in another language, too.

3points

Michael Largey 10 months ago

Could you go over that again? I kinda drifted off.

3points

Annik Perrot 10 months ago

You can lend it in French, too.

2points

setsuriseikou 10 months ago

In Russian we "turn" our attention

1point

Nikole 10 months ago

Eh, you give attention to something in English also.

1point

Lil Cro 10 months ago

I do not know anyone who says,"Give attention!"

6points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 10 months ago

In Italian, you "put" attention because Italians love to meddle!

0points

The danish woman 10 months ago

In danish it's just something you do

0points

Zaach 10 months ago

In Mexican watches walk and the bus leaves without you (rather than 'I missed the bus')

0points

#33

Sign with the text "Please check if you flushed. Thank you!" surrounded by checkmarks, showcasing a linguistic meme.

Final score:

71points

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Robert T 10 months ago (edited)

A notice like this is how I learnt the Danish for skidmarks is literally brake/tyre tracks (bremse spor). LOL

10points

Verena 10 months ago

As it is in German, "Bremsspur"

6points

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

Dutch: "remspoor"

3points

Dawn Marie Premium 10 months ago

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Frigyah 10 months ago

The X :skull:

2points

Hugo 2 months ago

If you flushed, then check; if not, don't bother.

0points

Claire Teasdale 10 months ago

The one who put the x : 😏

0points

#34

Linguistic meme showing utensils labeled with humorously incorrect counting terms.

Final score:

69points

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Robert T 10 months ago

What we have here is a "tines table". ;-)

116points

Kitsune Nocturne 10 months ago (edited)

Dangit, have my upvote.

12points

tameson 10 months ago

That's better than the original joke.

6points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

that was actually quite a brilliant "touché," Robert! :))

3points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

Robert you have won the internet today

2points

Marnie 10 months ago

Bravo!

1point

Pencil 10 months ago

That is a top-notch comment right there.

1point

Wisteria Bookworm 9 months ago

You mean…à “dine(ing) table” ;-))

0points

Cathy Jo Baker 10 months ago

Highly recommend Victor Borge and his "inflationary language" routine!

3points

Khavrinen 10 months ago

Stop trying to make "threek" happen.

2points

TrailerSwift 10 months ago

Too late

1point

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

I love using six tined utensils, they're sixk

1point

King Of Birbz 10 months ago

no, it's not onek, it's f**k. and if you pour water on it, you get what the f**k

1point

#35

Linguistic meme with translations of "water" and a surprised cat's face, shared by a Facebook page.

Final score:

68points

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Robert T 10 months ago

Not UK. Only Eliza Doolittle.

31points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

I'd've thought the US version should be rendered as "worder". They mostly can't pronouce their "t"s over there.

5points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

Wortah

4points

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

Wotturr here in Leeds... like otter but not.

2points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago

Everyone else says wah-taw

1point

Hugo 2 months ago

Ah, the glo'al sto'.

0points

Niels AirMax 10 months ago

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Moana Manana 10 months ago

💧💧 Eau

10points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Yeah.

2points

Gosia aus Düsseldorf 10 months ago

polish: woda

5points

Flexi Panda 10 months ago (edited)

Slovak (and also czec): voda. Hi neighbour 😊

3points

Petra Peitsch 10 months ago

Hungarian: Víz. Romanian: Apâ

4points

Daniel Gómez 10 months ago

Also, in America (central and south) it's "agua".

3points

Pernille 10 months ago

Well they mostly speak Spanish.

2points

CP 10 months ago

Philadelphia: Wooder

3points

jade s 10 months ago

Slight correction. Posh UK: Water Rest of UK: Wo'ah America: Wawder

2points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

No

0points

Jesse 10 months ago

Finnish: Vesi

2points

Caroline Overill 10 months ago

America wahder

0points

Caroline Overill 10 months ago

America Wander

0points

#36

A smug man in historical clothing, representing a linguistic meme about correcting grammar in an argument.

Final score:

68points

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Pernille 10 months ago

Especially on the internet as the person you are trying to correct could very well have English as their third or fourth language, and you only speak one, and badly at that.

35points

Auntriarch 10 months ago

I have to admit this is one thing that really vexes me. It's not relevant as long as we understand each other, it's rude to correct another adult, and it just makes you look like a twatmuffin.

6points

Andrea Steinacher 10 months ago

I once got corrected about the ´ - yes, the ´ - my keyboard is German (as my mothertongue) and doesn´t have the slightly different one for e.g. it´s on it (maybe I just haven´t found it yet). I thanked the person for the compliment on my English if that´s all she found to critizise

5points

Panda Panda Bo Banda Premium 10 months ago (edited)

It's basically an ad hominem

2points

Shelley Dawson 10 months ago

The problem with incorrect grammatical structure is that it results in inaccurate communication of ideas. But, you know what Im talking about!

1point

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Surely you mean "When you're getting destroyed in an argument, so you correct their grammar."

1point

Nikole 10 months ago

Still not a proper sentence. It’s just meme-speak.

1point

Brenda 10 months ago

I could be winning by a mile and I'd still wouldn't be able to stop myself from correcting spelling/grammar. it's like a tic, totally uncontrollable!

1point

Nikole 10 months ago

Honey…

7points

Norm Gilmore 10 months ago (edited)

(I would) still wouldn't? (I had) still wouldn't? :-)

4points

Kat Alison 10 months ago

Hey, I’m an editor. The struggle is real.

1point

Parmeisan 10 months ago

In a real-life argument, you might be able to make that defense. Online, there is a significant amount of time between thinking the thing, clicking "reply", typing the thing, checking your comment for mistakes, and hitting "post". (I am ignoring the evidence in front of me that you don't actually check your own comment for mistakes. Which wouldn't be so bad, if you didn't expect others to always do it.) And then - there's always the delete button! Correcting people online is NOT a tic and even if it was, you should make efforts to control it. Not everybody speaks English as a first language.

0points

Chilli 9 months ago

"You're mother never loved you and you're dad never came back with the milk." "*your"

0points

Rich Black 10 months ago

I have a mensa card. Fear me!

0points

char 10 months ago

OMG, this is the person who was arguing w the guy from the Achilles meme on this same page!! we're getting both perspectives on the story!! that's wild

0points

#37

Man sitting by the sea with a humorous linguistic meme text about spelling "incorrectly" correctly.

Final score:

68points

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Paige Barton 10 months ago

You where once the youngest person on the earth

0points

Lesley Robinson 10 months ago

A pair o' docs.

0points

Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago

😩

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

That's deep

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

That's English

0points

Mgtow Smurf 10 months ago

Spelled or Spelt?

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

Either is right

0points

#38

Linguistic meme with a door labeled "PULLSH," humorously illustrating a directional confusion.

Final score:

65points

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Bored Birgit 10 months ago

That's pullshit.

4points

Janissary35680 Premium 10 months ago

Quantum door.

3points

Brenda 10 months ago

thanks for nothing

3points

meow point1 10 months ago

Go home, door! You're drunk!

2points

Liz Butt 10 months ago (edited)

So you can either pull or push it. It just told you that you can do either with one single word. Ingenious.

1point

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

Woke door.

1point

Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago

That's every door for me... I tend to do the opposite of what action is required.

1point

JM 10 months ago

As heard in a movie about when to turn: Before. After. BeAfterFore.

0points

UKGrandad 10 months ago

Library door.

0points

#39

Chat conversation with humorous linguistic errors about eating, showcasing a meme from a Facebook page.

Final score:

59points

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Kelly Scott 10 months ago

In the US, we still tend to hang on to the "en" on a word, like eaten, gotten, bitten, etc. But I'm noticing more and more people are cutting off the "en". "I was bit by the dog" instead of "I was bitten by the dog" or "He hasn't got it yet" instead of "He hasn't gotten it yet" (and we're seeing "got" used in place of "have", that is, "Does he got it?" instead, of "Does he have it?") What this means is we're pretty much in the middle of a subtle language change and no one seems to realize it. Think about this today, because in 40 or 50 years from now, I doubt anyone will hear the words "bitten, gotten, eaten," etc. It's sort of spooky, like being back in time when people quit saying words like "Zounds!" and "flivver".

37points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

True. The language is, once again, evolving. Or devolving, actually.

8points

Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

All living languages are forever changing - surely everyone knows this? "Bitten" and "eaten" are commonly used in UK English. I've got a child here in the UK who's picked up the diabolical "gotten" from US YouTubers (etc). The only constant is change.

5points

Frank H 10 months ago

;-) no-context...7b9d2f.jpg

4points

Debby Keir 10 months ago

I miss begotten

3points

ClaudiaK 10 months ago

My son thinks "boughten" is an actual word

1point

Hugo 2 months ago

I don't think US citizens understand about past tenses. "I just did it". What, just like that?

0points

Uncle Schmickle 10 months ago

Because of the dumbing down of education.

0points

MonsterMum 10 months ago

UK English use got not gotten

0points

Warren Cancilla 10 months ago

We are always in a shift of language. I just lamented last night the loss of "few" vs. "less." Now everybody says less instead of fewer

0points

Anna Harding 10 months ago

So many US people swap “I”and “ME”

0points

Liz Butt 10 months ago

I noticed that a lot are trying to emulate the English by not using the t in the middle. Now it's bi'en instead of bitten or wri'en instead of written etc. Interesting that they fought for their independence and now are copying the very people they gained independence from. lol

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 10 months ago

Irish people are using "gotten" a lot now and I hate it! They also invariably use the past conditional instead of the past perfect. Drives me nuts!

0points

Marnie 10 months ago

I've noticed it, especially the weird use of the word "got". I cringe every time I hear "You've got mail", which is short for "You have got mail." Correct versions of this, if you don't like language changing is, "You have mail (now)," "You have gotten mail (in the past)", "You got mail (yesterday)". I understand language changes and it's inevitable. However, I don't like when it changes to be less grammatically regular and/or less nuanced instead of more.

0points

Sue 10 months ago

We used to not pronounce the "t" in often. We still don't in fasten. Why?

0points

TrailerSwift 10 months ago

When did you ate?

1point

Rich Black 10 months ago

Mutton

0points

Spittnimage 10 months ago

👏🏼👏🏼

0points

#40

Linguistic meme featuring a sketch of Karl Marx with a humorous quote about lowercase and capitalism.

Final score:

38points

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Kim Steffen 10 months ago

The "I's" are in upper case.

15points

Strahd Ivarius 10 months ago

damn autocorrect!

4points

Hippopotamuses 10 months ago

Burned!

1point

XenoMurph 10 months ago

🙄

0points

Diana 10 months ago

Not Karl Marx, but karl marx

3points

Moonie Pinkslip 10 months ago

would have made more visual sense to not include any caps, then, donchya think?

2points

meow point1 10 months ago

LOL I remember when I was a kid, I thought capitalism was WRITING LIKE THIS!

2points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Ahem, "lower case", spaces count [end pedant]

2points

Kim Steffen 10 months ago

I think that you're under your name.

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Isn't that Michael Sheen?

0points

#41

Dad joke meme about rearranging letters of "MAILMEN," humorously noting they get upset.

Final score:

22points

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April Pickett 10 months ago

I like a good dad joke.

2points

#42

Grammar correction joke highlighting linguistic memes. Text: "How is it possible that your single?! You're*."

Final score:

22points

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Brenda 10 months ago

and there it is!

7points

Nikole 10 months ago

Happily single if he can’t even master that.

3points

#43

A funny linguistic meme about disliking grapes and their supposed gossip.

Final score:

21points

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PFD 10 months ago

A bunch of juicy stuff

0points

Khavrinen 10 months ago

They said his girl plans to let him go, for the other guy she loved before.

0points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Hassan, always wining about something.

0points

#44

Text message meme about major confusion leads to hilarious linguistic misunderstanding.

Final score:

19points

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The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Please don’t

15points

My O My 10 months ago

He just wants to be in walking distance if his workplace

0points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago

My major is Tom.

0points

Richard Iachetta 10 months ago

If he somehow graduates medical school DON'T take your kids to him

0points

James Peek 10 months ago

Doesn't have to be at the top of his class to become a doctor. /s Scary!

0points

giku T 10 months ago

he had me at "ur major"

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

Common abbreviation, its a text not an email. Its fine. Get off *ur* high horse

1point

#45

A man in a suit reacting humorously to the statement about 'world wide web' being faster to say than 'www'. Linguistic memes.

Final score:

19points

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Pandora 10 months ago

This interview was gold for facial expressions alone!

10points

Multa Nocte 10 months ago

This interview was pure gold.

3points

Robert T 10 months ago

w3 ;-)

1point

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

Same with World War Two, than WW2

0points

PFD 10 months ago

But people don't *say* that.

2points

#46

Hilarious linguistic meme showing a funny way to remember the difference between "there" and "their."

Final score:

19points

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Rick Seiden 10 months ago

What about "they're"?

2points

Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago

''They're going there in their car''. They're = they are. There = location. Their = possessive.

1point

Brenda 10 months ago

You forgot they're!

1point

#47

Spiderman in a lecture hall delivering a humorous linguistic meme on automatic brain translation.

Final score:

18points

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Carla Pereira Chagas 10 months ago

Lol can be read

5points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

It's s drowning person

2points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

It's easier to say lol than wuhtuhfuh

3points

PFD 10 months ago

I've heard it used, kinda. My kids' friends (used to?) say /vətəfə/ all the time. They grew up online but not as English speakers, so just internalised it as a "word".

2points

Libstak 10 months ago

Wow it’s true

3points

#48

Linguistic meme with pyramid labeled "PYRAMID," "PYRALEFT," and "PYRARIGHT" in sequence.

Final score:

18points

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Giles McArdell 10 months ago

They left out pyratop and pyrabottom

6points

XenoMurph 10 months ago

Pyrabottom is what you get after too many chillies

0points

#49

Linguistic meme illustrating the word "Re-tired" with a humorous definition.

Final score:

18points

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Richard Iachetta 10 months ago

And you spend most of your time when you're retired re-tired

0points

#50

A man pointing at his head with text "You can't die in the living room," showcasing a linguistic meme.

Final score:

17points

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Brenda 10 months ago

Wanna bet?

5points

Libstak 10 months ago

Oh yes you can

1point

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 10 months ago

OH no you CANT!

0points

HF 10 months ago

but you can toil on the toilet

0points

Giles McArdell 10 months ago

This is the best quality version of that meme image I have ever seen, did someone AI upscale it?

0points

#51

Two simplistic characters shaped like punctuation marks, with speech bubbles saying "WAIT" and "WHAT?", illustrating a linguistic meme.

Final score:

16points

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SJones Premium 10 months ago

I never visualized this. I like it

0points

Kelly Scott 10 months ago

I know what it says about me, but I admit, I do this a lot.

0points

Rinso The Red 10 months ago

. (Stop)

0points

S Bow 10 months ago

😄

0points

#52

Funny linguistic meme with confused green character wearing glasses, illustrating complex reading comprehension joke.

Final score:

15points

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Pernille 10 months ago

Now do the same while in Reading.

2points

Rick Seiden 10 months ago

Back in the 90's my college had a student magazine. It's motto was, "You read it, now work for it." I always thought it was cleaver, because they put it on the back cover. It could be "You 'red' it," or "You 'reed' it" and either would work.

2points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Clever. ;)

0points

Pandora 10 months ago

These are confusing times. 🤔

1point

#53

Linguistic meme about the pronunciation of "queue" as "Q" with a scene questioning its spelling.

Final score:

15points

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Passerby 10 months ago

Well, they are queueing after the Q.

5points

Janissary35680 Premium 10 months ago (edited)

Guy hires a painter to paint his porch. A couple of hours later he comes in and says he's finished. As they head towards the door to check the work, the painter says "By the way that's not a Porsche, its a Ferrari."

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Porche is pronounced Porsha.

0points

Anonymous Fox 10 months ago (edited)

According to the dealer, it's paw-shuh. And it's German, what did you expect.

0points

#54

Hilarious linguistic meme with a giant skeleton reaching for a warrior, captioned about learning English from media.

Final score:

14points

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Pernille 10 months ago

Back in my day we were taught English by watching TV with subtitles, and singing ABBA songs.

5points

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

I had to watch "Murder she wrote". After a week my whole class of 13 year olds kept watching it and discussing the episodes became a whole thing!

3points

Nosirrow 10 months ago

I was learning English at that weird transitioning time when Russian became optional and English mandatory. But there were too few educated English teachers. I've witnessed so many stupid mistakes and the general lack of basic knowledge. I've always thought I could do better and I was right.

0points

Robert T 10 months ago

* Learnt ;-)

-1point

Doug Moyer 10 months ago

"Learned" is the preferred spelling in American English, while "learnt" is the preferred spelling in British English.

6points

Sparkle Bean 10 months ago

let's compromise: learnted

3points

Deborah 10 months ago

Learned in American.

0points

#55

Meme with glasses missing lenses, captioned "GLASS," highlighting a humorous linguistic twist.

Final score:

14points

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Bartlet for world domination 10 months ago

Stuart-679...7e3ffa.jpg

7points

Seán Baron Premium 10 months ago

Heh heh!

1point

Novlette Williams 10 months ago

Minion glasses

0points

#56

Man in a hard hat holding a tablet labeled as "Engineer" and "Engifar," highlighting a humorous linguistic meme.

Final score:

14points

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Lost Panda 10 months ago

Engiwherever you are

11points

Oerff On Tour 10 months ago

Enginvisible

0points

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Where is Grover when you need him?

0points

#57

Linguistic meme depicting "Indonesia" and "Outdonesia" with humorous world map illustrations.

Final score:

14points

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karen snyder 10 months ago

In-dia and out-dia

8points

Serial pacifist 10 months ago

Madagascar and Happygascar.

1point

Khavrinen 10 months ago

D'oh! ( nesia ).

0points

#58

Linguistic meme comparing English and French translations of "What is that thing?"

Final score:

13points

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Pernille 10 months ago (edited)

Kessseca is how you say it if you are anywhere near Marseille. Edit: missed an s.

3points

Julie 🇨🇦 Premium 10 months ago

In Québec too

1point

Rick Seiden 10 months ago

Google says it's, "c'est quoi ce truc?" not all that c**p.

0points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago (edited)

So what? DeeplTranslate says, "Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette chose ?" No la. Language is fun. Just because its longer doesn't make it cráp.

2points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

lol. Try using google translated French in France and see if it gets you anywhere at all. I took French from middle school thru college, speak English & Dutch fluently, but still try to communicate in Spanish when in Paris because I get treated better by not butchering their language with “academic French”.

1point

Hugo 2 months ago

In Paris I learned machin-truc (thingamy-whatsit). And the là sounds more idiomatic to me, whatever Gen. Anaesthetix may say.

0points

#59

Knight meme showing "people who say data" hitting another "people who say data." Hilarious linguistic meme.

Final score:

13points

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Rick Seiden 10 months ago

I used to say "data" until Star Trek The Next Generation came out. Now I say "data".

6points

Sparkle Bean 10 months ago (edited)

because Data is his name and the other is not. (and Dr. Pulaski was a jerk)

4points

Pernille 10 months ago

And don't get me started on router/router.

5points

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

Wifi/Wifi.

2points

Hugo 2 months ago

Pronounced rauter it's a carpenter's tool for making grooves.

0points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago (edited)

Lever/lever

0points

Verena 10 months ago

Tomato. Potato...

0points

Tim Gibbs 10 months ago

Especially if you are Australian 🤣

0points

Passerby 10 months ago

Tomato, tomato.

2points

Kelly Scott 10 months ago

I think that after Star Trek:TNG, we have all agreed on how to say Data.

0points

Glix Drap 10 months ago

Scone / scone.

0points

Doug Moyer 10 months ago

And don't get me started on data engineers that say 'datums'...

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

No one says that. It datum and data

0points

#60

A man in a suit, sitting pensively, with a humorous linguistic meme about facing problems above him.

Final score:

12points

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Feathered Dinosaur 10 months ago

Mirror?

4points

#61

Linguistic meme with a painting of a woman reading a letter with humorous, incorrect homophones.

Final score:

12points

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General Anaesthesia 10 months ago (edited)

Your absotively rite.

6points

Kiss Army Premium 10 months ago

Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer...

2points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago (edited)

Misspelled “Kant” “too” and “ewe”

1point

#62

Baby Yoda holding a tequila shot, illustrating a hilarious linguistic meme joke about tea and tequila.

Final score:

12points

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#63

A circular object with text: "Read it slowly..! I12BD14U Am i allowed?" featuring linguistic humor.

Final score:

11points

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just a lil zucchini potato 10 months ago

oooh just got that "I want to be the one for you"

4points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

2QT2BST8

0points

jeffrey champion 10 months ago

I read it as I twelve b d fourteen you, then I had to correct myself

0points

#64

Linguistic meme with a humorous take on acronyms.

Final score:

10points

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karen snyder 10 months ago

Technically, it is not an acronym, it is just initialism. A true acronym has a pronunciation, like NASA, JAMA or LOL. Abbreviations like USA, FBI and WTF are just initials or alphabetism.

13points

ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago

A valuable & appreciated pedantic retort!

4points

Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago

Thank you, I did not know this

2points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

The word acronym was invented around ww2 for all the pronouncable abbreviations they came up with in the war

1point

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

IDK

8points

zovjraar me 10 months ago

IDC... YOLO!!

2points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Not that. That there is an abbreviation

0points

#65

"Pencil-shaped structures in a forest landscape, a humorous take on linguistic memes."

Final score:

10points

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Glix Drap 10 months ago

Call for Nia.

2points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

I always thought that was where the blood sucking pencils were from

0points

Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

Pensavania

0points

#66

Royal couple in a linguistic meme conversation, with the queen suggesting "k night" as a name for soldiers.

Final score:

9points

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Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

Actually pronounced with an audible k back in the olden times too.

0points

XenoMurph 10 months ago

k-nig-it

0points

#67

Linguistic meme illustrating brain development from "Explain" to "Xplain" using humorous visuals.

Final score:

7points

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Mike Rodrick 10 months ago

You got a lotta splanin' to do!

1point

General Anaesthesia 10 months ago

I don't waste my time decoding emojis. My time is too valuable.

1point

Phantom Phoenix 10 months ago

To paraphrase Lewis Carroll's Humpty Dumpty, "When I use an emoji, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."

0points

Cyril Sneer 10 months ago

💥

0points