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An informative Tumblr thread on actual meanings of figures of speech | dalekitsune phrase "curiosity killed cat" is actually not full phrase actually is "curiosity killed cat but satisfaction brought back" so don't let anyone tell not be curious little baby okay go and be interested world uwu

Enlightening Tumblr Thread On Meanings Of Figures Of Speech

Yay, language stuff.

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An informative Tumblr thread on actual meanings of figures of speech | dalekitsune phrase "curiosity killed cat" is actually not full phrase actually is "curiosity killed cat but satisfaction brought back" so don't let anyone tell not be curious little baby okay go and be interested world uwu

Enlightening Tumblr Thread On Meanings Of Figures Of Speech

Yay, language stuff.

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Funny wordy memes, bad puns | Kieran @KieranMSimpson common English mistakes mixing up there, their and they're -using wrong too or two -using apostrophes plurals -enslaving innocent people -putting commas wrong place | 90s Arsenal Soccer Club had player called David Dicks he injured Newspaper wrote"Arsenal play without Dicks coach upset so Newspaper changed headline read "Arsenal play with Dicks out record number women attended match. imgflip.com

Wordy Memes & Humor For The Cunning Linguists

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An informative Tumblr thread on actual meanings of figures of speech | dalekitsune phrase "curiosity killed cat" is actually not full phrase actually is "curiosity killed cat but satisfaction brought back" so don't let anyone tell not be curious little baby okay go and be interested world uwu

Enlightening Tumblr Thread On Meanings Of Figures Of Speech

Yay, language stuff.

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Rude K Pop fan talks badly about the person next to them, unaware they speak korean | r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/thisisdrivingmebatty 1 day ago Bad mouth and assume don't speak language kill with kindness Obligatory on mobile sorry formatting am light skinned Latina American and lived Korea couple years during university and grad school, as my major Korean Interpretation and Translation. During my time Korea lucky enough attend music shows time time kpop uninitiated, music shows are free enter,

Rude K-Pop Fan Doesn't Know Fellow Fan Speaks Korean

Always be polite.

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Man lies to his wife's parents about being able to speak french, and gets invited to Paris | r/tifu Join u/SullivanFilm 14h 1 3 TIFU by falsely claiming speak fluent french my wife's parents 6 years ago and now going Paris together M This fuck up started 6 years ago met my wife's parents first time. Thought had been determined make great first impression, ma and pa weren't thrilled about their country girl being stolen away them by city boy.

Man Lies To Wife's Parents About Speaking French, Gets Invited To Paris

Time to learn some French, my dude.

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A quick Tumblr post defends the English language | theaustinstollhaus people go off about English is worst language just wanna point out few things Our future tense requires only one word (looking at Spanish Words don't change meanings depending on tone (Cantonese don't live some bizarre Beauty And Beast world where give inanimate objects genders (romance languages, German)

Quick Tumblr Post Defends English Language

English ain't all bad.

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Funny mistranslated shirts | back of a shirt that reads PIG IS FULL MANY MANY CATS | I LOVE CASIO Cash Alcohol Sound Intellectuals Omelet

Wonderfully Mistranslated Shirts

That's some quality nonsense.

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funny and weird tumblr posts | overtheunderpass my car and by stop light looked over at this guy looking at and smiling with thumbs up. so smiled back and gave him thumbs up and drove off and took about 15 minutes driving before realized he hitchhiker | eternalgirlscout will kill basic threat; overused; lacks serious weight pee pants: up-and-coming; respectable; unexpected will pee pants: full promise grief and terror; absolutely devastating zerpderptwerp pants can't wait my pee too-easy-being-g

Weird & Funny Tumblr Posts For Lovers Of Quirky Humor

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Man thinks he has lisp for years, and learns he's been mispronouncing the letter "s." | r/tifu Join u/sxmilliondollarman 17h TIFU by thinking had lisp my whole life 38 M Ssssso, where do ssstart? First obligatory this happened since forever ago present, but have now had crazy realization. My entire life l've been self conscious about speaking because my "lisp".

Man Mistakes Mispronunciation For Lisp For Years

At least he cleared it up eventually.

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Tumblr thread highlights how scientific language is full of hilarious puns | fuckingflying hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One most influential experiments linguistic anthropology involved teaching chimp asl. One most influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky know chimp's name Nim Chimpsky. Fucking monkey pun. | There's group very important genes determine if body develops right shape/ organization they are called hedgehog genes, because fruit fly geneticists are all ridiculous different

Tumblr Thread: Scientific Language Is A Punny Goldmine

Yay, science.

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Funny meme about how Wikipedia puts word pronunciations on its pages but it is difficult to read | Me on wikipedia: Hmm, I've never seen that name before. I wonder how it's pronounced? Wikipedia:

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A collection of various English language attempts that failed miserably | ofools not gonna say again BOG is wetland is acidic FEN is wetland is alkaline vampireapologist FINALLY someone said quasi-normalcy SWAMP is wetland whose vegetation consists trees or other woody plants MARSH is wetland with other forms vegetation lesbianshepard LITTLE LOUDER PEOPLE BACK

Attempts At The English Language That Failed Miserably

Words are hard.

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A collection of AskReddit replies to people's struggles learning English | arnoldone 12h Why are there words even though they are spelled exactly same, they are pronounced different based on context guy is an invalid, he is bound his bed strategy used is invalid shouldnt have ever been accepted read every night read whole book while on plane.

AskReddit Thread: English Language Rules That Baffle People

English is weird.

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A Tumblr thread about how the scientific language makes for ridiculous reports | if read frog paper "specimen released field immediately after capture" chances are very good actually means is dropped damn frog and despite fact fell all over each other no one could recapture "

Tumblr Thread: Absurd Realities Of The Scientific Language

Science is sillier than many of us realize.

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A collection of insults that sound exactly like compliments. | RetainedByLucifer 22h 1 Award classic hope day is as pleasant as are This is coming retail worker FullI Karen.

Insults That Sound Like Compliments

They're not fooling us.

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