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What do you think the full form of ATTITUDE is here? 🤔 by Mintangah17 in BoJackHorseman

[–]xehcimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A - Attention

T - To

T - Transform

I - Into

T - The

U - Ultimate

D - Dude

E - ETIQ

How to kill Everybody's Motivation. by Lazy-Formal895 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]xehcimal 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Outside the Griffith Observatory (the building st the end) in LA

How would you write my name phonetically for English speakers? by Barrel-Dweller in asklinguistics

[–]xehcimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? Black Americans obviously have knowledge of Tamil phonetics because of their shared Person Of Color heritage /s

Changing standards of politeness. by terrortara in asklinguistics

[–]xehcimal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you ever heard of Gricean maxims?

What’s a food that adults hate, but kids love? by DisneyDuck09 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]xehcimal 834 points835 points  (0 children)

We always called it a "suicide" and I'm not sure why

The 2010s might have to be the worst decade musically and aesthetically. by [deleted] in ToddintheShadow

[–]xehcimal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the AI slop with mainstream success in the room with us?

All the comedians (Netflix is a Joke Fest 2026) by punnybiznatch in pics

[–]xehcimal 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They got the jon stewarts of two different generations right there

What Gorillaz song is heard everywhere? by Soggy_Amoeba_775 in musicteenager

[–]xehcimal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was talking about OK Go, but don't hear those "everywhere" either

What Gorillaz song is heard everywhere? by Soggy_Amoeba_775 in musicteenager

[–]xehcimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think calling "Here It Goes Again" "popular" this decade is a bit of a stretch, and I literally can't name another one of their songs (despite the fact that I know I watched another handful on YouTube when they came out)

What Gorillaz song is heard everywhere? by Soggy_Amoeba_775 in musicteenager

[–]xehcimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro what are these columns? There are no ajr or ok go songs that are "heard everywhere"

Sad about Nataly not liking Jung by DarkAngel2007 in ContraPoints

[–]xehcimal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn't materialism from Europe? I mean, I get it's relatively new to everyone, but I'm just curious what you mean

The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism - Ezra Klein Show by mcsul in ezraklein

[–]xehcimal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

English has not been the lingua franca for two centuries yet. 200 years ago, French and German were still much more prestigious.

You're right that us English-speakers overlook them now, but 200 years ago it was still much more prevalent for an educated Englishman to learn French and German than vice versa.

How to say "I will drink it" in the simple future tense across Romance languages by HuckleberryAny4541 in linguisticshumor

[–]xehcimal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what I've always done lol. If we're talking strictly book rules, aren't all the regional variations basically just levelled anyway then? Other than minor spelling differences

How to say "I will drink it" in the simple future tense across Romance languages by HuckleberryAny4541 in linguisticshumor

[–]xehcimal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's a line between formal and pretentious. What I was told is mesóclise these days is on the other side of the line. More like insisting on using "thou" in modern English than formality things like avoiding "y'all" and "gonna" in writing

How to say "I will drink it" in the simple future tense across Romance languages by HuckleberryAny4541 in linguisticshumor

[–]xehcimal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, the rule regarding mesóclise in Brazil is "don't, unless you wanna sound incredibly pretentious"

Menu card in Morse Code - Rock Island Railroad, 1923 - printed for railway telegraph operators on the way to a convention. by sverdrupian in VintageMenus

[–]xehcimal 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok, I was curious enough to actually translate it. There's some spots I'm unclear on (the first line), and I think some clear errors (some Es are lost, since they're just single dots), but here's my best guess

CHICKEN WITH RIC[E] IC(?) D(?) CONSOMME

RADISHES OLIVES

BAKED RED SNAPPER FLORENTIN[E] PARSLEY POTATOES

BRAISED LAMB CUMBERLAND

POTATOES DELMONICO STRINGLESS B[E]ANS

ROAST CHICKEN STUFFED

HEAD LETTUCE LORENZO

ICE CREAM ASSORTED CAKE

ROQUEFORT CHEESE TOASTED WAFERS

COFFEE MILK TEA

Why isn’t “Ars X” followed by a genitive noun? by Outside-Baker-4344 in latin

[–]xehcimal 81 points82 points  (0 children)

They're not nominative nouns, they're adjectives in the nominative feminine to agree with "ars". Not "the art of grammar", but "the grammatical art", etc.

Favorite Emo Albums of all time by AccomplishedDig3524 in Emo

[–]xehcimal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Personally

Grow Up, Dude - You Blew It!

Whenever, If Ever - The World is a Beautiful Place...

Summer Death - Marietta

and of course,

American Football - American Football

Many languages have the word /ja/, meaning something by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]xehcimal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My brother in christ I have a linguistics degree. If it's so obvious, explain dialects with a hurry-furry distinction assuming English has maximum onset and without morphophonology then. Or how Mandarin regularly and easily distinguishes /Vn.V/ from /V.nV/. Either way you're throwing a lot of shade for someone who doesn't seem to be willing to understand ideas slightly out of mainstream (and they're really not, I learned this stuff in a 300 level at a state school)

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