Deck the Vowels: A collaborative tumblinguistmas carol

allthingslinguistic:

Last year, estifito and I solicited contributions to a collaborative linguistmas carol based on Deck the Halls, but I didn’t end up compiling them at the time. So here it is, better late than never: 

Deck the vowels with diacritics
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
‘Tis the season for linguistics
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa 

Fast away the old slang passes
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
Prescriptivists are blinkered asses
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
(Rose Fox in the Disqus comments)

Polyglots are now practicing
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
Ignoramos su code switching
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
(@twentyonezero)

Speak we now with odd syntax and
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
Violate a Gricean Maxim
Schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa schwa
(@meaninglessmonicker)

Feel free to add another verse if you didn’t get a chance before!