522

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Crul@lemm.ee to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

64 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hover tooltip text:

Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.

Bonus panel:

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

My mind was blown when my favorite 90s band "Live" was actually the live from "Alive" and not live from " Living".

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I guess they didn't learn from ~~Lead~~ Led Zeppelin

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Stupid question but what's the difference?

[-] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And backwards the both say "evil"

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I'm not a native speaker if not obvious)

this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023

522 points (100.0% liked)

Linguistics Humor

1480 readers

1 users here now

Do you like languages and linguistics ? Here is for having fun about it

For serious linguistics content: !linguistics@mander.xyz

Rules:

1- Stay on Topic
Post about linguistics or language humor & memes
2- No Racism/Violence
3- No Public Shaming No shaming someone that could be identifiable or recognizable
4- Avoid spam and duplicates

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS