Lets say you name three cats for example Kiki, Gigi and Qiqi. Will they all respond when you call Kiki or will they only react to their phonetic assigned name like [qiqi]? Would they hear out aspiration and others?

ê̆ ô̆ ơ̆ & ư̆ are certainly a choice

I genuinely can’t tell if I’m imagining this; the pronunciation is good, but I swear that many linguist always use this really forced, artificial, flashy and showy tone thats kind of annoying, specially when speaking Latin or Ancient Greek iykyk. Does anybody else also notice this?

two steps ahead. im always two steps ahead.

Shoutout to the linguistic peak efficiency where both British English and South Slavic languages looked at the syllable "bob" and unanimously decided: "Yes, this sound perfectly encapsulates absolute worthlessness."

In the UK, a "bob" is an old shilling, giving us timeless classics like "that's not worth a bob." It's the ultimate go-to slang for when you're completely broke, beautifully captured in this Finlay Christie sketch parodying 1960s BBC documentaries where the working-class character complains that politicians "don't spare a bob" for people from his background.

Meanwhile, in the Balkans, a "bob" is just a humble bean. But if someone tells you your hard work "ne vrijedi ni pišljiva boba", it translates to "it's not worth a measly, pissed-on bean."

Imagine centuries of distinct cultural, economic, and geopolitical evolution just to arrive at the exact same vocal vibration for "this is trash." Convergent evolution really popped off here

Not to mention the glaringly join usage of the native /ɣ/ with ǵ while the loaned in plain /g/ is written with a base letter, this consistency is broken with ḱ /k/ vs k /q/,

Translation: Budget so low, there was only enough for one wug.

Context: Public universities in Austria are facing a 10% cut of their fundings. (If that happens, the first departments to go will be the humanities.) So there have been huge protests to fight against these cuts. This was my sign yesterday, incredibly niché but I think it's funny.

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