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r/linguisticshumor

170k members
r/linguisticshumor is a subreddit with 170k members. The community frequently discusses language, phonetics, pronunciation, english, and phonology, and the most common flair used is phonetics/phonology, historical linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, and semantics.
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"
43 posts
#2
Historical Linguistics
: "Belarusians be like"
12 posts
#3
Etymology
: "*rekas wullō"
12 posts
#4
Sociolinguistics
: "Has anyone else noticed this?"
6 posts
#5
Semantics
: "Berlin and Kay in shambles"
6 posts
#6
Morphology
: "How it lowkey feels to be able to read Cyrillic:"
4 posts
#7
Syntax
: "Do not go gentle into that good night"
4 posts
#8
Psycholinguistics
: "Master any language in no time"
2 posts

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Yearly
+38k members(28.4%)

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Last updated: July 1, 2026