howtopolyglot:

iwasthinkingofanimeagain:

awesomepotatosaurus:

otteroflore:

themarginistoosmall:

miniathor:

twobrothersandthecavillry:

hunterxheroici:

pewpewpewbowties:

twinkletwinkleyoulittlefuck:

happybutts:

peacocks look like they speak french

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i swear this entire website is on drugs

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what is it fucking supposed to mean

*climbs up the Eiffel tower* *screams*
OMELETTE AU FROMAGE

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you say were all on drugs but i laughed so hard i almsot fell out of my chairklg

I don’t even speak French and I understood everything wtf

@kelseyxoxom your time has come

MES AMIS PUTAINS

andiamburdenedwithgloriousfeels:

headless-hat:

jupitereyed:

kkatkkrap:

justdrinktea:

so in Japanese, we sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

here’s a general gist of the translation:

Rudolph had a shiny nose
no one liked him
he cried every night
then one Christmas it was dark
Santa decided Rudolph’s nose was convenient (literally it says convenient)
Rudolph was useful.

I SHIT YOU NOT. 

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That’s basically the song without all of the fluff, though.

IT’S LIKE A VULCAN CHRISTMAS CAROL

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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

@lauraantoniou