“She’s everything, he’s just Ken” is made all the more hilarious knowing that ken literally just means “who?” in at least 8 languages
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"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"
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Call her ʔ the way she's in my throat
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Tale as old as time.
inspo: @permanenthistorydamage
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We must weaponize French pronunciation for the common good
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credit goes to calle börstell for this one
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Analyitic languages: what i have to say in one sentence may take several words to convey
Fusional languages: lol!hold->mybeer!
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Nobody:
Indo aryan langs dealing with grammatical gender:
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diverting the trolley to the 1 is kiki and letting the 5 die is bouba
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As a person who is taking a lot of phonology classes as an undergrad I find college to be very clicky
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