Some linguistic shit

Russian linguist

[malwizard]

im translating russian memes for practice and i... theyre so fucking funny

me: *flips pillow over to the cold side and goes back to sleep*

nurse who's been watching me in a coma for the past 5 years:

[isuggestwishcraft]

Oh, and also

Me: *sees a funny meme*

My nose: air.

And

[Up] Everyone

[Down] Isaac Newton about to discover gravitation

And

*guessing if this is porn actress or not*

— Well, she has a red jacket. Everyone, who wears red jackets sleep with men. Believe me.

And, of course

I love arguing with homophobic people, because you'r telling them scientific facts, and then they tell you, that Adam was a locksmith.

And so I can go on. There's so many funny shit, you can't even imagine

[gogannas]

Ok my grandma just said that her neighbor miriše na zemlju, (he smells like earth) meaning that he'll die soon. Ok grandma chill your slav is showing

[softcommunistcat]

this is so poetic, my mom just says shit like "dupa mu śmierdzi grobem" (his ass reeks of grave), basically meaning the same but emphazising that someone's really old but doesn't exactly realize it. like: dupa mu śmierdzi grobem, a on dalej się za babami ogląda! (his ass reeks of death but he's still interested im women.)

[slowianeczka]

My grandma says “śmierć cię powąchała” (death smelled you) when someone suddenly shivers without any reason. Like, it just passed by them, smelled and left alone.

[fyeahlilbit3point0-blog]

On NPR they were talking to this guy who specializes in created languages, who does all the languages for like Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, and a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy movies.

I applauded when the interviewer asked the guy if he ever considered using obscure native languages because “It’s not like anybody would notice,” and he scoffed like “Are you asking me if I’m gonna take someone’s cultural heritage and ascribe it to aliens or demons or elves? Because the answer is no.”

[lizawithazed]

every linguist I’ve ever met would be properly horrified by this suggestion.

[hymnsofheresy]

my mother has worked with muslims for years and so when I was like 15 or so I asked her what “inshallah” means. and she closed her eyes and sighed and said “it means they will be late” asfsdfhksdjfhjkl

[german-with-rammstein]

r+lingo duostein

[bozhya-karovka]

!!!!!!!! i need this

[catchymemes]

[hold-my-vodka-com]

[anonbunny]

I’m SCREAMING at that one motherfucker who did the sign of the cross before walking out in front of all those cars

[atrailofblood]

russia is just gta online

[kpoccobku-deactivated20191005]

Russian person: *points at an owl* сова

French person: *abruptly turns around* Très bien, merci

[un-ionizetheradlab]

French person: ça va ?

Russian person: Ну где сова?

[kpoccobku-deactivated20191005]

It’s come full circle. This goddamn post is on my own dash now поздравляю

[curseworm]

how come french doesnt have a word for lime “green lemon” nice job idiots

[paper-castles]

They don’t have a word for 80 did you expect them to do better with fruit?

[curseworm]

excuse me id like to buy four twenties of green lemons

[doppelgender]

when you get a masters degree youre allowed to respond to your professors emails with “ok love you”

[aspire-langua-deactivated201912]

[memesonthehour]

[theacadominique-deactivated2024]

passage in a german textbook: i was born in germany, but he kept asking me where i was from. i told him i was from munich. he got mad, because he thought i was from asia.

passage in a russian textbook: we may be lucky to live an entire century. we may be lucky to grow old. but there is no other outcome after that. we’re gonna die.

[somelinguisticshit]

Can you speak chinese

Unfortunately no!

[crtter]

Intentional misspellings and unusual handling of words is one of my favorite “minor” memes tbh I love it so much. Here are some of my all time favorites:

▪ Replacing “ck” with “cc” (ie. succ, thicc)

▪ Replacing “t” with “d” and vice-versa (ie. gotdamn,shid,blocket)

▪ Just… every kind of weird variation you can do with the word “fuck” (ie. fuckening, fucky)

▪ Weird jumbling of curse words that somewhat resemble something coherent (ie. mother fuck of a shit, shut the hell your mouth)

▪ Replacing a vowel in a word with another (ie. borger)

[guessed-starred-deactivated2025]

why have you analysed this

[crtter]

I don’t really remember the exact mindset I was in when I wrote this but it was probably something like “ohhhmmff english lamguage cool”

[finita--la--commedia]

““God, judge me not !” You’ve never been A woman on this earth !”

— Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), from “Playacting” (September, 1915), translated by Michael M. Naydan and Slava I. Yastremski     “Бог, не суди ! — Ты не был Женщиной на земле !”

[notquiteapolyglot]

To people who use "þ" as an aesthetic "p"

þink again.

[tharook]

getting thorny in the linguistics fandom

[tk-tako]

þorny*

[solarine]

That also goes for using ß as an aesthetic B. 

On my old server, there was a character named ßillyßadass.

This never failed to make me laugh, because that letter is not pronounced like B. It is a sharp S. 

That guy named himself SsillySsadass. 

[liquidstar]

Also to people who you Σ as an aesthetic E

that’s an S too, Σo maybe check next time

[slowspinningredemption]

oh boy

Д as an aesthetic A? Дon’t be a дumbass.

И as an aesthetic N? don’t be sillи.

П as another aesthetic N? stoп it.

У as an aesthetic Y? ty bad.

Ш or Щ as an aesthetic W? nope. it’s “sh” and “shch”!

Я as an aesthetic R? surprise! it’s “ya”.

ah yes, that classic horror film SNYEYAPOVUL DIAYAIES

[silvysartfulness]

This is pronounced Stargoat.

[dovewithscales]

Reblogging for Stargoat.