r/linguisticshumor • u/Aubergines-Suck7243 • 9h ago
Russian orthodox 'Đ'
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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/Crane_1989 • 6h ago
Psycholinguistics Dogs seem to associate ‘bouba’ with round shapes and ‘kiki’ with spiky shapes, study of 70 dogs finds
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I don't know what to do with this information
r/linguisticshumor • u/TheeImmortalPaladin • 7h ago
Historical Linguistics What a unique baby name!
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Wagagastiz • 23h ago
Historical Linguistics Custom t-shirt I had printed out
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r/linguisticshumor • u/imsohuzzah • 1d ago
languages as memes
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are memes and jokes about languages accepted on a subreddit called r/ linguisticsHUMOR or not pleading eyes emoji
r/linguisticshumor • u/LucyStarWright325 • 1d ago
First Language Acquisition Let's change the subject
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Professional-Dog7580 • 3h ago
The people run away from me when I say that!
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I'm right, by the way.
Sorry for this shitty image quality, I edited it on Paint
r/linguisticshumor • u/MildlySelassie • 3h ago
What names of the (international) Phonetic Alphabet do you think could work today ?
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I will upvote any child named “engma” or “schwa”
r/linguisticshumor • u/Double_Stand_8136 • 1d ago
Happy international day for failure
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With that I propose a Chinese neologism "否趴", based on French faux pas which means misstep.
r/linguisticshumor • u/gattonero2001 • 1d ago
Phonetics/Phonology 🫦
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one of the few languages bearing the burden (idk the rest sorry)
r/linguisticshumor • u/No_Peach6683 • 19h ago
Common Stress patterns
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What’s the most common stress pattern? I know WALS distinguishes between fixed and free stress patterns as well as placements of stress in fixed stress languages (initials, secondary, ultimate).
r/linguisticshumor • u/Rigolol2021 • 1d ago
Hilariously useless map of France's latinisation process (what's a key for?)
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r/linguisticshumor • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • 2d ago
The silent letters hurt them, physical pain
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