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

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

Only time will tell...

Nice

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: "..."

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

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!"

Oh, yesssssss 🥰🥹👍

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

OK, it's true. Sent from France.

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.

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.)

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AMEN! Craziest language ever using the English alphabet!

"In search of lost vowels" . . .

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Nerd alert

I don't know if I even carrot all

As true today as when it was written.

Powerful.

Looks like a sign a crocodile would make

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

Yes but capacity should care factor

AC/DC aren't even electricians! ⚡️

Smart

As is every "A" in Australia.

Instaounce?

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He learned it from a booooook

Oof. This one's personal.

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

"No one will now"

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Scotland

Photosynthetic.

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

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

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

Not UK. Only Eliza Doolittle.

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.

You where once the youngest person on the earth

That's pullshit.

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".

The "I's" are in upper case.

I like a good dad joke.

and there it is!

A bunch of juicy stuff

Please don’t

This interview was gold for facial expressions alone!

What about "they're"?

Lol can be read

They left out pyratop and pyrabottom

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

Wanna bet?

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I never visualized this. I like it

Now do the same while in Reading.

Well, they are queueing after the Q.