- cross-posted to:
- linguistics@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- linguistics@mander.xyz
xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech
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Thank you to linguist Gretchen McCulloch for teaching me about phonetic assimilation, and for teaching me that if you stand around in public reading texts from a linguist and murmuring example phrases to yourself, people will eventually ask if you’re okay.
Phonetically, it’s exactly right, but It visually reads like the name of a Vulcan side character from an episode of star trek