/r/shittylinguistics
This is a place where you can come to pronounce things properly and to correct others' ungrammatical use of apostrophes and split infinitives; to share and discuss interesting etymologies; to count the number of words that Inuits have for 'snow'. We also hold important discussions on the general decay of language in today's youth and share theories on how best to remedy this imminent decline of communication. Personally I think it's the advent of texting that has caused young people today to speak wrongly.
Please refrain from using any of the following 'words' (these 'words' do not actually exist):
who (of course this should be 'whom')
less (this should be 'fewer')
me (this should be 'I')
hopefully (this is just made up)
like (this is lazy)
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My Finnish friend said to me: "Juu vil dai nekst!" What did he mean by that?
22:48 UTC
Trying to have bad time.
var: watachi ga bu sprechën good = faux;
05:05 UTC
What are your insane predictions on the future of english?
17:53 UTC
A new etymology of Greek λίγμα, meaning "some type of pox"
18:19 UTC
My proof of Universal Grammar
Universal Grammar posits that we all have an innate capacity for syntax.
Premise 1: All humans have an innate capacity for Phrygian, as Psammetichus 664 proves.
Premise 2: Phrygian has syntax.
Conclusion: All humans have an innate capacity for syntax.
QED
06:53 UTC
DAE use a 'caveman voice' when pronouncing proto-indo-european roots aloud?
This might be slightly anachronistic but PIE phonology seems...remarkably well-suited to the stereotypical "caveman in a children's cartoon" voice.
gʰrem. gʰrendʰ. gʰegʰuǵʰ. bʰruHg. These are noises made by someone who rides a dinosaur to work.
14:52 UTC
When I'm referring to the repeated pattern of the bodily process of defecation, should I say 'shit cycle' or 'shitting cycle'?
18:39 UTC
How did the English word 'crewmate' evolve into the word 'amogus'?
17:38 UTC
Gregarious: Of, or pertaining to, Greg.
23:48 UTC
Fun fact: the word "baritone" comes from earlier "bassy tone", a classic example of /z/ > /r/ rhotacism in Old Latin.
10:45 UTC
Would it be possible to substitute “how” with “woh”, for the sake of having a true “6 Ws” compound instead of the graceless “5W1H”...?
“Woh” could be pronounced "wawh" or “wuh”... (There are no English words starting with “woh-” for an appropriate phonetic reference.)
“How” sounds effective for thoughtful questioning, while “woh” seems cheerful. Try saying the following:
“Woh was school today?”
“Woh high can your balloon fly?”
"Woh am I supposed to live without you?" (in Michael Bolton's voice)
10:22 UTC
When you reconstruct pokemon names and you find something:
Reconstructions based on French, Spanish, and Italian localisations.
| Nominative | Nominatives | Vocative | Vocatives | Accusative | Accusatives | Genitive | Genitives | Dative | Datives | Ablative | Ablatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *ABRA | *ABRAE | *ABRA | *ABRAE | *ABRAM | *ABRÁS | *ABRAE | *ABRÁRVM | *ABRAE | *ABRꟾS | *ABRÁ | *ABRꟾS |
| *NꟾDÓRꟾNA | *NꟾDÓRꟾNAE | *NꟾDÓRꟾNA | *NꟾDÓRꟾNAE | *NꟾDÓRꟾNAM | *NꟾDÓRꟾNÁS | *NꟾDÓRꟾNAE | NꟾDÓRꟾNÁRVM | NꟾDÓRꟾNAE | NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾS | NꟾDÓRꟾNÁ | NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾS |
| *NꟾDÓRꟾNVS | *NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾ | *NꟾDÓRꟾNE | *NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾ | *NꟾDÓRꟾNVM | *NꟾDÓRꟾNÓS | *NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾ | NꟾDÓRꟾNÓRVM | NꟾDÓRꟾNÓ | NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾS | NꟾDÓRꟾNÓ | NꟾDÓRꟾNꟾS |
| *VV́LPꟾXSIS | *VV́LPꟾXSĒS | *VV́LPꟾXSIS | *VV́LPꟾXSĒS | *VV́LPꟾXSEM | *VV́LPꟾXSÉS | *VV́LPꟾXSIS | *VV́LPꟾXSIVM | *VV́LPꟾXSꟾ | *VV́LPꟾXSIBVS | *VV́LPꟾXSE | *VV́LPꟾXSIBVS |
20:07 UTC
Reconstructing by false cognates.
04:32 UTC
Some more folk reconstructions
04:31 UTC
Mbabaram “dog” and english “dog” are actually etymologically related.
English loaned the word from Mbabaram before 1000 AD. Obviously.
Edit: to clarify, this would explain so much, the origin of "dog" is quite mysterious. Yet, we found it in an Aboriginie language, complete with cognates in a local family. I am proposing that english "dog" derives from *gudaga.
04:28 UTC
What is the current interest rate for loanwords?
I'm seriously worried English is going to default on its debts and revert to Anglo-Saxon
10:58 UTC
Let's harmonize the irregular verbs of English
19:14 UTC
The expected reflex of Latin 'cultūra' ("culture") in French would be *'couture', however the actual French word 'couture' doesn't actually mean "culture" because that would be way too easy and fuck you, that's why.
I spent years thinking haute couture literally meant "high culture" with the French snobbishly using the word for "culture" to refer to all fashion.
But no. Totally unrelated. Pure coincidence. I hate it.
07:06 UTC
As suggested by the masculine nominative suffix, "topaz" is actually a loanword from Proto-Germanic.
14:17 UTC
the romanian word for yes is da, which is a common slavic word for yes, and also the german word for here or there. conclusion? timisoara is the fourth rome
long live the empire of banat
21:38 UTC
In Latin, the plural of femur "leg" is femina. This is because the Romans didn't exactly have the best views about women.
13:14 UTC
Trumpian Sound Changes
-ference > -fefe
hju: > ju:
Standard English: a huge inference
Trumpian English: a yuge infefe
ch- > j- (eg. china > jina)
ai realised more as /ai/
-verage > -vfefe That's not yuge, that's avfefe...
11:29 UTC
The reason "Cunt" is such a taboo word is because it has no labial sounds
05:32 UTC
The word penis derives from Neolithic British pi 'urine' and -niss 'agentive suffix'. Thus "that which urinates" was *piniss, giving penis to modern English
14:42 UTC