this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
512 points (98.5% liked)
Linguistics Humor
1298 readers
3 users here now
Do you like languages and linguistics ? Here is for having fun about it
For serious linguistics content: [email protected]
Rules:
- 1- Stay on Topic
Post about linguistics or language humor & memes - 2- No Racism/Violence
- 3- No Public Shaming No shaming someone that could be identifiable or recognizable
- 4- Avoid spam and duplicates
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
My mind was blown when my favorite 90s band "Live" was actually the live from "Alive" and not live from " Living".
I guess they didn't learn from ~~Lead~~ Led Zeppelin
Stupid question but what's the difference?
One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.
And backwards the both say "evil"
Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.
And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I'm not a native speaker if not obvious)