cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down14cross-posted to: linguistics_humor[email protected]
arrow-up1364arrow-down1imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: linguistics_humor[email protected]
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoI think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties. Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoThis seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 hours agoSame person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
What sadist put an S in lisp?
I think I first saw this question on coolsig.com in the late nineties.
Also, I just discovered that site still exists. Fun!
List Processing, ya know?
This seems to apply to a number of speech impediments, as “rhotacism” is the term for people with difficulty saying R sounds and apparently “stutter” is a particularly difficult word for people with stutters.
Same person who named the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
And who spelt dyslexia like that