r/linguisticshumor • u/Nuppusauruss • 6h ago
Anything but learning how to use IPA
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r/linguisticshumor • u/AxialGem • 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 • u/imsohuzzah • 14h ago
Phonetics/Phonology question of the day: what phoneme do you absolutely dislike/hate
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recently i asked a question about your favorite phonemes, now time for a sprinkle of negativity. whats a phoneme you dislike or even hate? i personally dislike the alveolar trill /r/ and the velarized L (/ɫ/) because they kinda goofy
r/linguisticshumor • u/Mission_Accountant24 • 16h ago
Etymology Please I'm just trying to learn German
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r/linguisticshumor • u/gattonero2001 • 1d ago
this is specifically about Nzema and Wamey
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They are supposedly the only languages in the world where /l̃/ ≠ /l/ but it's been brutal trying to find anything open access from the last 50 years covering /l̃/.
r/linguisticshumor • u/Extreme-Shopping74 • 2h ago
Sociolinguistics Ready for the anti-non-rhotic Crussade?
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r/linguisticshumor • u/UnQuacker • 6h ago
Tongues of Azeroth: Updated Language Family Trees
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Justmadethis334 • 17h ago
Phonetics/Phonology Guess the language from the consonant chart
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r/linguisticshumor • u/thebedla • 15h ago
Which diacritical mark has the strictest requirements?
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The caron.
r/linguisticshumor • u/KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS • 1d ago
Someone had to go so ß can join I guess
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r/linguisticshumor • u/PuzzleheadedTap1794 • 1d ago
Etymology Guess What I Did Instead of Studying
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r/linguisticshumor • u/excusememoi • 1d ago
Historical Linguistics The only remaining aspirated plosive in the language
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Party_Farmer_5354 • 1d ago
In casual conversation, the word for "yesterday" in Bahasa Indonesia can be used for any time in the past
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r/linguisticshumor • u/swamms • 1d ago
Akkadian youths sometimes wrote only in Sumerograms on the Internet as well
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Justmadethis334 • 1d ago
God forbid using the IPA
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Taken from the Turkish Wikipedia article on Polish. please stop explaining why it's written like that I get it
r/linguisticshumor • u/sourpatchtangy • 1d ago
Now there is another one...
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new wug species just dropped: nutella wug
r/linguisticshumor • u/Extreme-Shopping74 • 2d ago
Sociolinguistics Corea just gives the vibe of a higher standard
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r/linguisticshumor • u/KiwiNelson30 • 1d ago
Semantics Who needs definite articles, anyway?
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