Linguistics Hanukkah Jokes

allthingslinguistic:

allthingslinguistic:

When do linguists attach multiple candles together into a single word?
When they’re menorah-phemes 

What sound is produced in the back of the throat by betting on the outcome of a wooden top spin?
A drei-ttal stop 

What might you have if an injury to the brain leaves you only able to process language related to potato pancakes?
Latke’s Aphasia 

Okay I don’t actually know that much about Hanukkah so I’m going to have to crowdsource the rest of this one…

Figured out some new ones this year! 

What tendencies describe how linguistic dreidels actually have nothing in common?
Greenberg’s Nun-iversals 

How can we explain every Germanic consonant rotation?
Grimmel’s Law

What system can be used to transcribe half the symbols on a dreidel?
IP-hey

What’s the best way of putting your gelt into a sentence? 
Shin-tax

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