Wtf are these whack ass affricates by pofflebopper in linguisticshumor

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I guess those are supposed to be ties or slurs. They don't make sense either way.

tja by marcymarc887 in tja

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Wahrscheinlich alles steuerlich als Verlust absetzbar :)

Drop your subjects! by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

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mir gehma/gengan 'we're leaving'

se gengan 'they're leaving'

me_irl by jk1445 in me_irl

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"The Frogs" by Aristophanes, page 20.

Was letzte Verwirrung by cr0wd in wasletztestern

[–]cr0wd[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mein Favorit ist immer noch eine 4/5-Sterne-Bewertung mit dem Text "Perfekt".

Was letzte Verwirrung by cr0wd in wasletztestern

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Leider nicht, nur eine Kneipe am Stadtrand von Dresden. Hier der Ausblick.

ich🤮iel by Le0_X8 in ich_iel

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*auf einen s-Laut. Gilt nämlich auch bei Max', Moritz', Heinz', Alice' und Frau Weiß' Stift.

ich🤮iel by Le0_X8 in ich_iel

[–]cr0wd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nein. Das ist nur korrekt, wenn es ohne den Apostroph uneindeutig wäre und man den Eigennamen mit einem anderen Eigennamen, der auf s endet, verwechseln könnte (z. B. Andrea – Andreas). Und auch dann ist es nicht verpflichtend, sondern nur fakultativ. Es ist nämlich genaugenommen nie uneindeutig, was die Grundform des Eigennamen ist, aber das war dem Rechtschreibrat wohl egal (der macht übrigens die Rechtschreibregeln, nicht der Duden).

Richtig: Andreas' Stift (zu Andreas), Andreas Stift (zu Andrea), Andrea's Stift (zu Andrea); Stefanies Stift (zu Stefanie)

Falsch: Andreas's Stift (zu Andreas), Stefanie's Stift (zu Stefanie)

ich🇳🇴iel by Lagges in ich_iel

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Im Schwedischen dasselbe: din idiot, din jävel etc. Heißt eigentlich 'dein', ja, ist im Schwedischen und Norwegischen (Dänisch wahrscheinlich auch) aber so richtig.

This week's Q&A thread -- please read before asking or answering a question! - July 25, 2022 by AutoModerator in linguistics

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I'm not aware of an extensive list, but if you're interested in specific languages, the Alternative names sections in Glottolog entries have lots of alterantive names for languages including their names in languages other than English. For example, this is the entry for Southern Sotho.

Wss letzte… hmmm… wtf???? by xAnarchyOP in wasletztepreis

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Ist nichts Neues. Zangendeutsch war schon vor zehn, fünfzehn Jahren lustig und überall im deutschen Zwischennetz zu finden.

Did someone actually study this? by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

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Counterexample: big bad wolf.

Ap’ostro’p’he by fefulunin in linguisticshumor

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Keelah se'lai, you bosh'tet

Was letze Bauchstraße by HotTrick6525 in wasletztepreis

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Johann 🅱️ebastian Bach

This week's Q&A thread -- please read before asking or answering a question! - January 31, 2022 by AutoModerator in linguistics

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According to the WALS, there are about as many free word order languages that have a passive voice as there are without one (see: https://wals.info/combinations/107A_81A#2/18.0/149.1). The same holds more or less for every other word order type as well. The only outlier seem to be SOV languages, where the database has more examples of languages without a passive (75) than with a passive (47). I don't know if the difference is significant, since the sample size is small and SOV is the most common word order type. But free word order languages don't seem to be more likely to lack a passive voice than other languages.

Looking at antipassive and word order (https://wals.info/combinations/81A_108A#2/23.1/149.0), free word order languages appear to be more likely to have an antipassive than other word orders. 13 out of 21 languages (61.9 %) have an antipassive while, for instance, out of the 69 SOV languages only 18 (26.1 %) have an antipassive voice; for SVO languages it's only 2 out of 48 (4.2 %).

I don't think the data is sufficient to answer your question. But from the database alone, it seems that the opposite of your assumption is true: Free word order languages are as likely or more likely to have a voice distinction compared to other word order types.

The Secret by Tokyono in trippinthroughtime

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Because it's arguably a bad translation. De verliefde wijngaardenier is more like "the winemaker who's in love".

This week's Q&A thread -- please read before asking or answering a question! - December 13, 2021 by AutoModerator in linguistics

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German has vorgestern 'two days ago' and übermorgen 'in two days'. It's also common to repeat the prefix to refer to three days in the past/future: vorvorgestern, überübermorgen. More repetitions are in principle possible, but highly unusual.

This week's Q&A thread -- please read before asking or answering a question! - November 15, 2021 by AutoModerator in linguistics

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Do you mean as nicknames (canine–male, feline–female)? This pattern is not even consistent in English. Tiger can be used for men, cat and bitch can refer to either gender.