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Linguistics Cartoons
Linguistics cartoon 1 of 16
'Oxymoron'
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pun, puns, word play, play on words, linguistic, linguistics, language, languages, language joke, oxymoron, oxen, ox, cow, cows, cattle, animal, animals, farm, farming, moron, morons, explanation, explanatory, explanatory joke, stupidity, stupid, idiot, idiocyLinguistics cartoon 2 of 16
"Polly want to abandon speaking of herself in the third person."
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, poem, poet, poetry, poets, poetic, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, should be writing, you should be writing, manuscript, artistic, artist, artists, art, arts, culture, cultured, writer's block, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worms, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, linguistic, linguistics, language, speech, speak, speaking, parrot, parrots, third person, 3rd, 3rd person, pov, point of view, polly wants aLinguistics cartoon 3 of 16
"We'll start out by speaking in simple declarative sentences."
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language, languages, linguistic, linguistics, education, educate, educating, teach, teaching, history, historic, historical, learn, learning, speak, speaking, oral history, stone age, stone ages, iron age, iron ages, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo erectus, homo sapien, homo sapiens, caveman, cavemen, cave man, cave men, cave-man, cave-men, prehistory, prehistoric, cave, caves, declarative, simple, simplicity, complicate, complicated, complex, progress, progression, progressions, progressiveLinguistics cartoon 4 of 16
"This is Daddy, honey. That was Daddy's office voice."
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office, voice, voices, voice change, codeswitch, codeswitches, codeswitching, code switch, code switches, code switching, linguistic, linguistics, linguistic change, linguistic changes, identity, daughter, daughters, work, work voice, dad, dads, father, fathers, daddy, daddies, parent, parents, recognize, recognizes, recognition, recognise, recognises, voice alteration, disguise, disguises, disguisingLinguistics cartoon 5 of 16
T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead
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literature, literary, literary figures, modernist, modernism, slang, slangs, language, language game, linguistic, linguistics, register, lexicon, out of character, dialect, dialects, culture clash, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, beavis, butthead, animation, tv, t v, television, tv cartoon, tv cartoons, speech, speaking, sucks, poet, poetry, poetsLinguistics cartoon 6 of 16
Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker
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deconstruction, literary, literature, book, bookish, book worm, book lover, book lovers, book worms, books, read, reading, reader, modern lit, modern literature, derridian, derridean, text, textual, textuality, textualities, differance, difference, play on words, word play, word-play, language, linguistics, linguistic, structuralism, post-structuralism, french literature, literary theory, theory, theoretical, lit major, theories of literature, world literature, new criticism, philosophy, philosophical, preformative, preformative writingLinguistics cartoon 7 of 16
"Did you know that 'decimate' means kill just one out of every ten?"
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decimate, decimates, decimating, decimation, one in ten, historical, definition, definitions, define, defines, defining, conquest, conquests, takeover, takeovers, pillage, pillages, viking, vikings, rome, roman, romans, linguistics, etymology, etymologies, vocabulary, vocabulary word, vocabulary words, overzealous, overdo it, overdoing it, linguist, linguists, linguistics, english, english teacher, historian, historiansLinguistics cartoon 8 of 16
"No, those people aren't anorexic. Those people are starving."
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social, social commentary, commentary, comment, critic, critical, critique, critiques, fashion, fashion industry, fashions, model, models, modelling, third world, poverty, poor, hunger, hungry, famine, famines, body issues, body, bodies, weight, weight loss, anorexia, anorexic, nervosa, linguistics, language, word play, play on words, what's in a name, disaster, disasters, compassion fatigue, ignoranceLinguistics cartoon 9 of 16
"Just so you know—the official language of Heaven is Aramaic."
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heaven, heavenly, heavens, heavenly gates, pearly gates, st peter, peter, saint, saints, angel, angels, angelic, angelically, religious, god, gods, lord, religions, religious imagery, st. peter, the heavens, after life, after-life, afterlife, life after death, paradise, paradiso, nirvana, condolence, condolences, sympathy, sympathies, aramaic, language, languages, linguistics, linguist, word play, play on words, word-playLinguistics cartoon 10 of 16
T.S. Eliot lacks the courage to eat a peach.
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literature, literary, literary figures, modernist, modernism, slang, slangs, language, language game, linguistic, linguistics, register, lexicon, out of character, dialect, dialects, culture clash, culture, cultural, lit major, book, books, book lover, book lovers, bookish, book worm, book worms, pop culture, pop culture reference, poet, poem, poems, poetry, famous line, famous lines, publication, publications, publisher, publishing, quotes, eliot, peach, peaches, literal, literal joke, literal gagLinguistics cartoon 11 of 16
Two men stand back to back as the sun rises; one man holds a basket labeled "Tomato" while the other holds a basket labeled "To-mah-to".
Linguistics cartoon 12 of 16
"Why is it that every time I say something in quotation marks you respond in italics?"
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argue, argues, arguing, argument, arguments, argued, date, dates, coffee, coffeeshop, coffeeshops, coffee shop, coffee shops, married life, marriage, married, fight, fighting, italic, italics, quotation marks, quotation mark, formatting, format, formats, font, fonts, punctuation, punctuation mark, punctuation marks, language, linguistic, linguistics, semantic, semantics, pedant, pedantic, cafe, cafesLinguistics cartoon 13 of 16
"Mom, Dad, sis-I'm not like you. I'm-I'm not a palindrome."
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word play, word-play, play on words, palindrome, mom, moms, mother, mothers, dad, dads, father, fathers, sis, sisters, palindromes, language, languages, language game, linguistic, linguistics, dinner table, family, families, console, consoling, worry, worried, comfort, comforting, comfortsLinguistics cartoon 14 of 16
"My people have seventeen words for traffic."
Linguistics cartoon 15 of 16
"Oh, vowels are so 2019!"
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vowel, vowels, spelling, spellings, out of fashion, acronym, acronyms, shorthand, out-of-fashion, fashion, fashions, fad, fads, trend, trends, language trend, language trends, linguist, lingusits, linguistics, etymology, etymologist, etymologists, workplace, sign, signs, directions, out of date, old fashionedLinguistics cartoon 16 of 16
Let's learn English.
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