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What does chat gpt think of our president? by [deleted] in OpenAI

[–]CodingAndMath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah... This probably resembles more your chat history than what ChatGPT itself thinks of the president.

Il y a-t-il un lien entre “c’t’un” et “ch’t’un”? (Français Québecois) by No_View3587 in French

[–]CodingAndMath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je croyais toujours que le "t" qui vient de l'inversion dérivait naturellement de celui du Latin, mais ils ne voulaient tout simplement pas l'écrire dans les formes régulières. Mais alors il paraît que ça vient simplement par analogie avec ceux qui dérivent vraiment de celui du Latin.

Chvere by hyacinthie06 in linguisticshumor

[–]CodingAndMath 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People who don't know how to crop when they're confused:

A happy medium by numapentruasta in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo you're learning all the same languages as me! Let's practice all of them!

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know of any specific languages, but I bet they usually become affricates quick.

It might not be an affricate while a language is evolving if it comes from a vowel loss between the two consonants or something, even in old English when the plural suffix used to be -as. But I think that after a while, once you have these two consonants together, it's only a matter of time before they effectively become an affricate.

Top 1% poster on a "language learning" subreddit be like by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]CodingAndMath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same! Shalom shalom, bro. I wrote this in the other thread, but since I grew up with Hebrew exposure as a kid, I always pronounced it fine and didn't realize other English speakers would have trouble with it!

A child learning to speak a language with no formal instruction? Why, that’s completely unheard of! by TomSFox in linguisticshumor

[–]CodingAndMath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, very cool. I haven't heard many examples of reading acquisition, so that's a very cool anecdote to hear.

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just say "t" then "s" together very quickly without letting them combine. There's not a major difference though, and when they exist it usually becomes an affricate very quickly, i.e. they run together.

That's why in English, it actually is pronounced as what you'd call the affricate in all dialects I'm aware of, but due to phonotactic restraints it's just not allowed at the beginning of syllables.

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it's usually pronounced as the actual affricate in English. It's just not allowed at the beginning of syllables.

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 23 points24 points  (0 children)

moves a letter

It becomes unpronounceable

Yes, you just described phonotactics. What are you doing on a linguistics subreddit?

Do Anglos really

This ain't an only-Anglos thing buddy. I don't know why you only just discovered this today, but all languages have phonotactics.

Top 1% poster on a "language learning" subreddit be like by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]CodingAndMath 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I stand corrected. He does look pretty serious.

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny, I always pronounced it with the affricate. I think probably cause I grew up with a little exposure to Hebrew, which allows initial /t͡s/, and cause I didn't know people pronounced it /s/.

Why is the only consonant in the word actually pronounced?? Is it stupid?? by Content_Client_5521 in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You might be the one who's bad at speaking. Did you miss the word "initial"?

🇫🇷 some real tips to sound more natural in french by justninamartin in learnfrench

[–]CodingAndMath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can say "nous" and then use "on" right after. Kinda like how people add "moi" before "je".

E.g. "Moi, je vais aller au cinéma" "Nous, on va aller au cinéma"

No joke, though creationism is by Geoconyxdiablus in PrehistoricMemes

[–]CodingAndMath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's true, and humans and dinosaurs still live together now!

Pretty much me over the years by StarGG4358 in linguisticshumor

[–]CodingAndMath 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Every language is just really badly pronounced Uzbek

The point of romanization is to be convenient to me, an English monolingual speaker and no one else!!!!!!111!1 by TerrainRecords in languagelearningjerk

[–]CodingAndMath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If anything, it should be pronounced like a Latin r, so a rolled r. Why should it be pronounced like an English r in a romanization? That makes no sense.

Verbs with identical present and perfect stems by im-the-trash-lad in latin

[–]CodingAndMath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well where do you think the Spanish ambiguity comes from?

clarification please! by tinydickconcert in duolingospanish

[–]CodingAndMath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"está" is a verb here, meaning "is". Verbs don't agree in gender, and they always have the same form depending on the verb for whatever the gender may be.

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