Linguistics Jokes

A linguistics professor says during a lecture that, “In English, a double negative forms a positive. But in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, in no language in the world can a double positive form a negative.”

But then a voice from the back of th... read more

waiter: what kind of beer would you like?
customer: IPA, please.
waiter: /wɑːt kaɪnd əv beɪr wʊd juː laɪk/?

He was really bad a translating!

They were looking for morpheme

He gave him a harsh sentence.

...he said, "It's **pro**scriptive".

"*Heavy sigh*"

for example "a brush is used to brush some one". My teacher gazed around the class, asking us for another example.

In retrospect, I don't think she liked the word "fist".

The Pope dies and, naturally, goes to heaven. He's met by the reception committee and, after a whirlwind tour is told that he can enjoy any of the myriad recreations available.


He decides that he wants to read all of the ancient original text of the Holy Scriptures, and spends the next eo... read more