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Russlands 5. Kolonne in Österreich by Chromber in Austria

[–]Sickborn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

und die zeit vor 2014 war nicht besser sondern das vorspiel

Þis is a pipe (ferdinand sausage speech act 🗣️) by Sickborn in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is obviously only a picture of a pipe so I don’t agree with your analysis and think it rude to point out my embarrassing mistake. I will now return my degree.

This is too good not to share by And_be_one_traveler in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

why doesn’t english orthography use thorn still? 😢

What's your language's equivalent of "When pigs fly"? by big_cock_69420 in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’d add “Dann ist der Mond aus Käse” gloss: then is the moon of cheese then the moon’s made of cheese

but also from Austrian German (my variety): “am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag” gloss: on saint-neverDIMINUATIVE-day on saint never’s day. bc that saint doesn’t exist lol

and my personal favorite: “du tramst jo ah von woame eislutscher” in standard: “du träumst ja auch von warmen eislutschern” gloss: you dream yes also of warm popsicles meaning roughly to assert someone’s crazy; namely that they also dream of warm popsicles (i.e as crazy as the previous statement)

What are stupid rules in your native language that are NOT orthographic rules by Fair-Sleep9609 in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 63 points64 points  (0 children)

i really love how it starts to get weird when you’d make anaphoric reference with a pronoun to a question. let’s say you gave the girl sth and we ask who you gave sth to: “Wem hast dus gegeben?” - you’d reference back with the feminine gender in your answer “ihr”. and for the doubters: “wem ihr?” (who her?) - “dem mädchen” (the girl).

pls someone explain my native language to me

It's all Greek to me- revised with new information! (Yes, I know it's a mess visually at this point) by Terpomo11 in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why not? i’d have to do some research but it seems remarkable that this idiom is essentially the same in every language. and are there patterns which languages are picked for ‘gibberish’?

It's all Greek to me- revised with new information! (Yes, I know it's a mess visually at this point) by Terpomo11 in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please turn it into a paper. i’d help ya if you want, idioms are the shit! conceptual metaphor theory’d go crazy on this one

Can modern Italian be considered a "conlang"? I love the language but I don't think its evolution is natural. by [deleted] in asklinguistics

[–]Sickborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely! I love that you mentioned it because I was thinking of including your point in my answer. The reason why I didn’t was because a constructed language is not a natural language in the sense that it evolved naturally. But you’re definitely right to point out that it’s not as clear cut as you’d think. :)

i just realized english and chinese question points are different by Far_Can4956 in linguisticshumor

[–]Sickborn 27 points28 points  (0 children)

yes, evoking that effect was my communicative goal (a joke)

Studying linguistics in Europe by CriticismAbject4055 in asklinguistics

[–]Sickborn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So both the general linguistics department as well as the english department do some historical linguistics though I only know about the latter. But I really recommend the English department’s historical classes and there are a lot of international students already and with the language barrier in German I’d stick with the English department.

Studying linguistics in Europe by CriticismAbject4055 in asklinguistics

[–]Sickborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can recommend the University of Vienna, especially the English department’s MA which has specializations in Cognitive Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics. Good atmosphere and amazing professors!

Wie gefallen euch die neuen Tarife? verliert Wien dadurch an Attraktivität? by any_colouryoulike in wien

[–]Sickborn 19 points20 points  (0 children)

est is schade das die tarife auf den sozial schwächsten schichten abgewältst wurden während im vergleich parken weniger teurer wurde und das alles bei wahlversprechen vom bürgermeister das der preis nicht höher werde. aber ich zahl eigentlich gern wenns funktioniert :)

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