Linguistics Humor

1238 readers

36 users here now

Do you like languages and linguistics ? Here is for having fun about it

For serious linguistics content: !linguistics@mander.xyz

Rules:

1- Stay on Topic
Post about linguistics or language humor & memes
2- No Racism/Violence
3- No Public Shaming No shaming someone that could be identifiable or recognizable
4- Avoid spam and duplicates

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Jakylla@sh.itjust.works

lvxferre@mander.xyz

Wtf is going on in Australia (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Savirius@lemmy.world to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 8 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Savirius@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To explain: /eː/ and /oː/ exist in Australian English, but they're the vowels in SQUARE and NORTH respectively, so Australians don't naturally associate them with foreign /e/ and /o/. If you can force an Australian to say "care-sore", it sounds remarkably like Spanish "queso"!

[–] TugOfWarCrimes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

As an Australian, I am ashamed at how long I sat here saying "care-sore... queso" to myself over and over listening to how strangely similar they do sound when I think about it

[–] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Oh naur.

[–] PoppinKREAM@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Ngl this made me laugh pretty hard lol

[–] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Linguist are... lets say unique

[–] brewdtype@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pizzer

[–] Halvo317@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I want to understand what they sound like, but I find this referenced nowhere.

[–] Savirius@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Find a text-to-speech program that supports Australian English and get it say "queso" and "care-sore". Then compare each of those to a Spanish speaker saying "queso". Decide for yourself which one sounds more like the original.

load more comments