#language memes

[dsm-wannabe-linguist]

Really enjoying Duolingo’s gradual progression from “the blue duck wears a big hat” to “if Matthew doesn’t make good on his alimony payments then I’m calling a hitman”

#duolingo #langblr #language #language blog #languageblr #language meme #language memes #language learning #duolingo memes #learning languages #learning #studyblr #language lessons

[heavenlyraindrops]

japanese is such a kind language. like you forget a character it will hold ur hand and tell u that everything will be ok and you can just write it in hirigana and everyone will understand :)

and then chinese is like oh im sorry you forgot a character? youre illiterate. you mispronounce a word? your mother is now a horse

#japanese #kanji #hirigana #chinese #language #langblr #language memes #funny shit #funny #shitposting #memes #tweet #linguistics #cunning linguist #linguistness #linguistique #linguine #language study #language stuff

[existennialmemes]

"That isn't a word!" Clearly it is, because I have used it as one. "You can't use/spell that word like that!" Clearly I can, because I have done so

"You can't—"

Listen to me, language is fluid, malleable, it exists not just to be used by us, but to be shaped by us. It is a tool to convey thoughts, the only thing that matters is if the thought was effectively conveyed. Not how technically accurate the usage was when compared to an arbitrary and equally made up standard.

So the next time you feel the urge to correct how someone uses language: Don't

Because you understood them, which means they used it correctly. Even if it wasn't correct before, it is now. The sheer Co-Creative act of Communicating and Comprehending brought it to life. You did that. You drew the intended meaning from those words and in doing so cemented their validity into the zeitgeist.

#language memes #linguistics #linguistics shitpost #linguistic prescriptivists are welcome to die mad

[trickstersmakethisworld]

Finnish and Swedish battling it out for title of the longest word

#Swedish #language memes #language #finnish

[strawberrus0da]

I love latin google translate

#langblr #languages #linguistics #latin #google translate #memes #language memes #funny

[er-cryptid]

Oh good, I was worried this linguistic anthropology class wouldn't be useful to me

#studyblr #language #linguistic anthropology #star trek #klingon #klingon language #klingon morphology #studyblr memes #language memes

[iwanttobepersephone]

So, I got bored and decided to start taking Irish Gaelic lessons on duolingo, cause it can never hurt, right? Well, I did ONE lesson on duolingo, and immediately made this meme

#funny #duolingo #irish gaelic #languages #language memes

[linguisticsnightmare]

What's this version for your language?

#langblr #bilingual #linguistics #language #multilingual #language learning #history #language memes #linguistics humour

[ascandalincamelot]

#please someone find this funny #hannibal #hannibal nbc #hannigram #will Graham #hannibal lecter #german #Deutsch #Germany #Deutschland #hannibal memes #german memes #language memes

[tricornonthecob]

Tale as old as time.

inspo: @permanenthistorydamage

#linguistics #English #modern english #early modern english #linguistics memes #English memes #language memes #languageblr

[thereddestpotato]

#funny #memes #history memes #language memes #meme #web comic

[dsm-wannabe-linguist]

#syntax #langblr #language #language blog #languageblr #language meme #language memes #linguistics #linguistics humor #lingblr #linguistics blog #tweet

[stinkgh]

Me taking German all the way up to German V in high school after a lifetime of knowing English as my first language: what the FUCK is a direct object???? What does past participle mean??? You mean to tell me there's a whole new conjugation depending on the TENSE???

My teacher: You know, English has the same stuff-

Me, who never understood it in my elementary & middle school English classes either: WHY DO LANGUAGES HAVE SO MANY RULES????? Who invented this shit????? I quit!

[to all the people who have the patience and effort to learn a new language, you are my heroes bc I'm still lost to this day 😭]

#language #linguistics #linguism #linguist #bilingual #multiple languages #multilingual #culture #foreign language #learning languages #language memes

[existennialmemes]

I'm sorry, my metaphor has gotten away from me, and if I don't go catch it, it will wreak havoc on the local ecosystem. Leaving a trail of disjointed references and unrelated anecdotes all throughout your dialogue options.

#shitpost #shitposting #linguistics #language memes #neurodivergent #neurodivergent memes #this is not exclusively an ND thing #it just feels like it's also an ND thing

[hanaflorbloom]

#langblr #language #language learning #spanish langblr #spanish #spanish learning #spanish memes #langblr memes #español #estudiar #spanish language #snapchat ai #snapchat ia #language memes #memes

[strawberrus0da]

"why does this word mean multiple things in this language" vs. "why can't i use this word for all these different contexts it's so much more simple that way"

#me @ the word “at” in english #i've been taking it for granted this entire time not realizing how many different contexts it's used in #vs german where there's like. 5 #um in im zu bei #probably more #not faulting german for this but damn i thought 'at' was simple #random rambling #german #deutsch #learning german #learning languages #language learning #linguistics #language #languages #langblr #language memes #linguistics memes #english language #german language