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r/linguisticshumor

167k members
r/linguisticshumor is a subreddit with 167k members. The community frequently discusses language, phonetics, pronunciation, english, and phonology, and the most common flair used is phonetics/phonology, historical linguistics, etymology, morphology, and sociolinguistics.
Linguistics Humor: a sub for humor relating to linguistics

Popular Topics in r/linguisticshumor

#1

Language

36 posts
#2

Phonetics

17 posts
#3

Pronunciation

15 posts
#4

English

11 posts
#5

Phonology

10 posts
#6

Ipa

8 posts
#7

Orthography

7 posts
#8

Vowels

7 posts
#9

Etymology

6 posts
#10

Latin

5 posts

Flair Used in r/linguisticshumor

#1
Phonetics/Phonology
: "Different attitudes to foreign words"
38 posts
#2
Historical Linguistics
: "Thought this’d fit here"
15 posts
#3
Etymology
: "*rekas wullō"
11 posts
#4
Morphology
: "article is most useless part of speech"
11 posts
#5
Sociolinguistics
: "Has anyone else noticed this?"
6 posts
#6
Semantics
: "Berlin and Kay in shambles"
4 posts
#7
Syntax
: "New garden path just dropped"
3 posts
#8
Psycholinguistics
: ""MUH NOBLE SAVAGE!1!" (sources in description)"
1 post

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Yearly
+37k members(28.3%)

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Last updated: June 10, 2026