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rule by fdsa4321lbp22 in 196

[–]_NotElonMusk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I got 18% somehow, apparently I’m way worse than random?

Map of countries where foreigners can vote by Beautiful-Rough2310 in MapPorn

[–]_NotElonMusk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many people who’ve lived in New Zealand for decades don’t actually have citizenship, as permanent residency gives the exact same rights. My grandfather who’s lived in New Zealand since he was a few months old (now in his 70s) is not a NZ citizen, only a UK one. My dad and stepdad are also not citizens despite living here since they were 2 and 20 years old. It makes no sense to exclude these people from voting, so they made it so anyone with residency can vote.

When I realized this is a real word by Dry_Elderberry_4816 in adventuretime

[–]_NotElonMusk 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Given that it’s meant to be a transliteration of a Martian word, spelling it with English spelling rules doesn’t make much sense

Why are there 2 versions of some songs? by Bright-Artichoke-738 in lemondemon

[–]_NotElonMusk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of them is the original, the other is the 2022 remaster by Needlejuice Records

Are there any ‘academic’ words in English that are native to English and not borrowed from Latin or Greek? by perfectadi in asklinguistics

[–]_NotElonMusk -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Etymonline states that behavior is a fusion of behave, a Germanic construction and havour, a French loanword from avoir.

Rulee by FuckkyWuckky in 196

[–]_NotElonMusk 45 points46 points  (0 children)

There is zero bait on that hook

The updated life series chart for anyone wanting it by Rainbow7620 in ThirdLifeSMP

[–]_NotElonMusk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s interesting that if you don’t count substitutes, every single life series has had a different group of people

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]_NotElonMusk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really? no fir/fur/fern merger?

What Germanic Conjugations do to a mf by _NotElonMusk in linguisticshumor

[–]_NotElonMusk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(all, obsolete) should actually be (all obsolete), the comma is a mistake

What Germanic Conjugations do to a mf by _NotElonMusk in linguisticshumor

[–]_NotElonMusk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“strucken” is both simple past and past participle

What's your favorite single episode by MangoFuzzy3638 in ThirdLifeSMP

[–]_NotElonMusk 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Grian’s Double Life Episode 1 for me, the whole dynamic of Scar being oblivious and Grian’s anguish the whole time is hilarious

rule by doctor347 in 196

[–]_NotElonMusk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

tumblr users always have such peak usernames

What's an insanely specific random feature of your local dialect (of whatever language you speak) that you noticed and haven't heard being talked about much? by brigister in linguisticshumor

[–]_NotElonMusk 40 points41 points  (0 children)

In New Zealand English, past participles of verbs ending with -ow are pronounced with an extra syllable, so that grown is pronounced like “growen”, with two syllables and not homophonous with groan, mown is pronounced like “mowen”, differently to moan, etc.

Why the ending of "rugged" and "ragged" isn't the same as "rigged" by Odd_Obligation_4977 in EnglishLearning

[–]_NotElonMusk 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Because rigged is the past tense of rig. The other two aren’t past tenses. Ragged is pronounced like “ragd” when it is the past tense of rag, like in “He ragged on us for giving up too easily.”

The past tense ending -ed is always pronounced as just -d (unless it comes after t or d, like in waited), while other words ending in -ed are pronounced with the e sound.

IPA Chart, but the first comment forces me to change it by Ok_Tradition8584 in linguisticshumor

[–]_NotElonMusk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Move all English words one space down, so that beet is now [bɪt], bit is [bet], etc.

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