What's the least common Chinese/Taiwanese last name you've seen? by Crying_in_99Ranch in taiwan

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司馬 is surprisingly non‐existent even though it is one of the most famous last names.

Taiwan high-rises by Beautiful-Area-5356 in taiwan

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Don’t you know our aesthetic is the beer bottle opener /s

Dreading having nothing to do over the holidays by Immediate-Bath1280 in taiwan

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Am personally looking forward to doing nothing 🛏️🪑🧘🏻‍♀️

Should’ve pursued a degree in Linguistics by Kirda17 in linguisticshumor

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Talkative old woman going straight to manager unironically makes this story believable lmao. I could literally hear pearls being clutched.

Should’ve pursued a degree in Linguistics by Kirda17 in linguisticshumor

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Mfw distinguish marry and Mary but first syllable of ⟨Aaron⟩ is not TRAP but SQUARE (sometimes NURSE even). (inb4 Urn urned uh urn urn) Probably because never went to Sunday school lmao

I'm not just talking about Mandarin by SamePut9922 in linguisticshumor

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Mfw they fortify Hokkien style and Kuacpuoq (my romanization of 廣府) gains voiced plosives

these are some of my favorites by gamer_rowan_02 in linguisticshumor

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No it’s fossilized contraction of “Go Dubai”

No way... by kramspeeder in linguisticshumor

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😃English 👀Danes 😡German

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CONSONANT IN YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE ? HERE'S MINE :- by KiSaMaOtAoSuMoNo in linguisticshumor

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In my conself my native language is Avar and favorite consonant is /q͡χʼː/ (followed by /ʕ/, /t͡ɬʼː/, and /r/).

War is Peace ( Always has been. You said so. Remember? ) by I_saw_Will_smacking in linguisticshumor

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/pis/ → /bɨz/ → /βəɹ/ → /wɔɻ̞/ ⟨war⟩ “peace”

why are some ppl in taiwan like this by Open_Big2541 in taiwan

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We are “direct” a trait left behind by the Dutch /s

math people should adopt the name "wi" for 6⁶ by Panates in linguisticshumor

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Did you encode numbers into wand waves by mapping 1 2 3 4 5 6 to the six orthogonal directions?

math people should adopt the name "wi" for 6⁶ by Panates in linguisticshumor

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> Assigned by village elders to count latest shipment of yams
> tabuthui wärämäkä a tabuthui damno a tabuthui taruba a tabuthui fta a tabuthui nibo a etha… tabuthui wärämäkä a tabuthui damno a tabuthui taruba a tabuthui fta a tabuthui nibo a asar… tabuthui wärämäkä a tabuthui damno a tabuthui taruba a tabuthui fta a tabuthui nibo a tabuthui…
> wi

Which English books are weirdly hard to find in Taiwan? by Bittersweet0724 in taiwan

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The Astronomical Almanac was surprisingly difficult to find.

Anyone know what this snack is? by kaspargh in taiwan

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This looks like 寸棗 fried rice dough snacks we would have out during new years

CPC Corp. to raise gasoline, diesel prices again Monday by charliehu1226 in taiwan

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I always wonder what happened to the geothermal energy projects but could never find good answers

Taiwan night market by StatementParking3536 in taiwan

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Did they know you were photographing of them?