r/asklinguistics is a subreddit with 207k members. The community frequently discusses language, languages, pronunciation, english, and grammar, and they frequently recommend/review fonts, and the most common flair used is general, phonology, historical, phonetics, and orthography.
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Popular Topics in r/asklinguistics
#1
Language
44 posts
#2
Languages
34 posts
#3
Pronunciation
19 posts
#4
English
17 posts
#5
Grammar
15 posts
#6
Phonology
10 posts
#7
Accent
8 posts
#8
Phonetics
7 posts
#9
Evolution
6 posts
#10
Etymology
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/asklinguistics
Fonts
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Linux Libertine
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Flair Used in r/asklinguistics
#1
General
: "Crab vs Crabs, is crabs a "bad word"?"
27 posts
#2
Phonology
: "Could I tell a British person my name is "Diegor"? Would they pronounce my name closer to the original Spanish?"
14 posts
#3
Historical
: "Why do English speakers say axolotl and not ajolote?"
13 posts
#4
Phonetics
: "What determines the sound an English learner will replace the /th/ sound with?"
8 posts
#5
Orthography
: "Are there any other European languages besides English, French and Irish that have a primarily etymological orthography rather than a phonetic one?"
5 posts
#6
Dialectology
: "Pronouncing the letter W as /ˈwɪn/ instead of /ˈdʌbl ˈju/"
4 posts
#7
Literature
: ""[insert Romance language] is much more complex than English, and that's why its literature, for example, is much better."
3 posts
#8
Syntax
: "Why does Japanese and Chinese have so many counters?"
3 posts
#9
Semantics
: "Everyone accepts that music/theater etc are art, but from my experience, when someone says the word "art" in vacuum, it almost always refers to paintings/visual art. Is there a reason behind this?"
2 posts
#10
History of Ling.
: "how did manchu become so endangered"
2 posts
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Last updated: June 14, 2026