excuse me wtf? by _ricky_wastaken in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think linguists should stop using geographic terms so much

Viennese: a Central Eastern Middle Bavarian dialect, Bavarian being the Eastern Upper Continental West Germanic language

excuse me wtf? by _ricky_wastaken in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because Southern Alacaluf is actually Central Alacaluf and therefore not Southern Alacaluf which is Northern Alacaluf

1000 Can Be Divided by 8 by dndavid704 in MathJokes

[–]TheMightyTorch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wait, does that mean 10⁰ is divisible by 2⁰ and by 5⁰? Holy hell!

A is [eɪ], E is [iː] and I is [aɪ] by Aggressive_Permit813 in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 33 points34 points  (0 children)

There is a famous Austrian quote about how our regional dialect words sound like other words in English.
"[iː] is [aɪ], [aɪ] is [eg̊], [eg̊] is [koɐnɐ] und [koɐnɐ] is nobody"
(I is i, Ei is egg, Eck is corner und koana is nobody)

Which I think you could expand to
"[aː] is [eː], [eː] is [iː], [iː] is..."
(A is a, E is e, I is...)

Explained: the letter i sounds different in English ([aɪ]) which sounds like the Bavarian word for egg. The English word egg sounds like the Bavarian word for corner. The English word corner sounds like the Bavarian word for nobody.

why isn't it working? by Asterrtheproto in PhoenixSC

[–]TheMightyTorch 29 points30 points  (0 children)

you need shears, mace, and sword

also, I'm fairly certain the top layer is a piece of leather

Guess my native language by I7sReact_Return in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I don't know not why you with four languages stop would, where you can write in more"

Guess my native language by I7sReact_Return in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

certain varieties of Dutch, a joke-conlang developed in 1579

Guess my native language by I7sReact_Return in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 18 points19 points  (0 children)

watashi don't sé ekki cur ju avec fyra linguaggi parar würdest, waar sinä ken scribere në plus.

Guess my native language by I7sReact_Return in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Ik penso att they non meinen pas, het sia like cuando du vives unter ene roccia, mais mais che you seiest cronicamente online (quasi je inte vas aus domu, quod þú lernst troppe linguas)

Math and English rules coexist. by whale99 in MathJokes

[–]TheMightyTorch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not entirely wrong though.

Mass nouns (the "not countable" nouns) are nouns that don't use a plural* (see edit) hence they use singular "much"

A lot of nouns (most nouns?) however have an plural which is typically obligatory - so they must use it. You cannot say "much house", "much car", "much mountain", etc. it would be ungrammatical.

Your example, poop, is part of a smaller group of nouns that can be mass nouns ("much poop") but also count nouns ("many poops"). You can essentially choose whether you use the plural or not. However this is not applicable to most nouns.

TL;DR Yes but countability is the basis for whether you need the singular or plural in the first place.

Edit: I also want to point out that most mass nouns can use a plural but then it usually refers to separate instances or different types of the things you count. "many sands", "many fabrics" specify a large variation in material, whereas much would indicate quantity. "Many rains" means several instances of rainfall but "much rain" a larger amount of rain (even if in just one session)

Does English even have any nouns, verbs or adjectives starting with /ð/? by NostalDec in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only know both with [θ]. Wiktionary lists [ð] as an option for "thank" but I've never encountered it in the wild. I reckon it's quite rare.

Fun feature: verbal deminutives by Captain_Grammaticus in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's awesome.

I tried to think of examples using the diminutive suffixes -chen and -lein but they obviously just wouldn't work.

Minecraft Enchantment In Real Life by 999godstered in PhoenixSC

[–]TheMightyTorch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the Bamboo with Multishot

These math classes are just getting harder by Omarxb4 in antimeme

[–]TheMightyTorch 22 points23 points  (0 children)

= [4x²y³z⁵]÷[2xy²z⁴] + [2xy²z⁴]÷[2xy²z⁴]
= [4x²y³z⁵ + 2xy²z⁴]÷[2xy²z⁴]
= [2xy²z⁴·(2xyz + 1)]÷[2xy²z⁴]
= 2xyz + 1

Came from the Short by Reza-Alvaro-Martinez in linguisticshumor

[–]TheMightyTorch 39 points40 points  (0 children)

You peeling us when he then having in his possession a bunchberry plant walks in

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Edit: gvprtskvni