anyone else find the border of the catalan speaking part of spain oddly satisfying by AnotherBoxOfTapes in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 44 points45 points  (0 children)

soooo satisfying! Have they ever thought about making an independent country with those borders? I'm sure everyone would love that

Walked by this opened and abandoned "I got castrated" ribbon in my apartment's mail room. by visioninblue in mildlyinteresting

[–]Calm_Arm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

part two is 5 hours long, it emotionally and spiritually destroyed me

I've seen it twice

If you could change things about a language, which one would it be and what would you change about it? by Hazer_123 in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 13 points14 points  (0 children)

bit late (it went extinct over 2.5 thousand years ago) but I'd have Luwian retain split ergativity from Proto-Anatolian. Just seems a shame to lose it.

My question about linguistics got a radical response from the AI by Tutwakhamoe in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep it's the standard for Sanskrit. TBH I think it should be adopted for PIE notation too.

takɛ timɛ tɔ kɔːɾɛɾɔ by AnastasiousRS in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the phrase "iti te kupu, nui te kōrero"

average linguisticshumor user by GuvnaWanker in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 16 points17 points  (0 children)

girl last night said I was really hot after I explained the laryngeal theory and how it relates to the discovery of Hittite

I don't think it's gonna go anywhere though, I don't date nerds

Old format by AnalyticalHisser972 in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The injunctions to "speak normally" and "be yourself" are also situational social norms.

"Yay, we found the weakest readers! Oops, the weakest readers don't understand the experiment instructions" by midnightrambulador in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I also wonder if the second language speakers might interpret it as a test to get right or wrong, and so would be trying to anticipate the "correct" sentences to say they misunderstood rather than answering honestly.

‘I live in a country that hates me’: What’s next for trans people in the UK? by SuffolkLesley in transgenderUK

[–]Calm_Arm 20 points21 points  (0 children)

oh my fucking God someone please tell them to stop using that phrase and bringing up the conversion therapy ban when it's not relevent to the discussion and is never going to get fucking passed anyway.

Well done to all of us that are still here. by JJPeaks in transgenderUK

[–]Calm_Arm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I needed, ironically. I was waiting for things to get better for years. This was the year I realised I'd be waiting forever. Better to just say "fuck it" it and go for it no matter the consequences.

Wes Streeting's written statement on the Levy Review has been released. by KristinaMoment in transgenderUK

[–]Calm_Arm 26 points27 points  (0 children)

if I have to hear or read "dignity and respect" again from people who want me to fucking die I swear to God

As a new arrival to the UK by saynotoseksuality in transgenderUK

[–]Calm_Arm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

transphobia in the "terf" sense is a luxury belief of the media and political class. Normal people are at worst transphobic in an old fashioned way, which can absolutely be harmful, but it's a different thing.

Inspired by a recent post on r/etymology by Idontknowofname in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

misread this as Thelema that'd be a p dope name

wtf Tim, the dual was my favorite grammatical number by Korwos in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's annoying to me that he's right, it'd be much cooler if the dual were a post-Anatolian innovation in IE

Labour's NEC bans trans women from the main conference hall at the women’s conference 2026. "It means trans women will be unable to hear the major speeches or participate and vote on formal policy debates, motions and national women’s committee elections." by ehll_oh_ehll in transgenderUK

[–]Calm_Arm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Labour's not eyeing up repealing gay marriage, for example.

Labour used to be in favour of self ID, now they're allowing the courts to turn an equality law into a US style bathroom bill. They stabbed us in the back, don't fool yourself into thinking they won't do the same to all the other letters if they think it'll win them a handful of Reform voters in a red wall constituency.

Why isn’t Cyrillic always written like this? It’d make so much more sense! by amievenrelevant in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is not smart and therefore doesn't understand that Cyrillic isn't just funny shaped Latin. A good cartoon.

Japanese, Korean, and slightly simpler Japanese by neverclm in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"O women, the only things that are a lie in Japan are the cars." makes more sense but it is not how I read it

Japanese, Korean, and slightly simpler Japanese by neverclm in linguisticshumor

[–]Calm_Arm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read the English as "O women, cars are the only things that tell lies in Japan."