Linguistics Humor

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What languages are you learning? (hexbear.net)
submitted 8 months ago by TxzK@lemmy.zip to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1626564

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Deutschland Germany Allemagne Tyskland Vokietija Niemcy Nemecko Saksa... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Source: Itchy Feet (https://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2024/01/real-name.html)

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smh do people really believe the bottom etymology? (feddit.de)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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R5: PIE *h~2~o > o (although in Anatolian languages h~2~ is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H~2~O, and French eau means water

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They have played us for absolute cretins... (feddit.it)
submitted 9 months ago by DieguiTux8623@feddit.it to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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To name the Months (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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fishy (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by barttier@feddit.de to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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social experiment (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by barttier@feddit.de to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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trolley problem (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by barttier@feddit.de to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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Simple to say but hard to solve (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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(Inspired by Reddit post of the last month)