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danandfuckingjonlmao · 9 months

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idk how many of you have taken a linguistics class but this is literally what it is. teacher goes “make this sound” and for the next hour it’s just a bunch of people having existential crises about their own mouth sounds.

simply put, linguistics 101 is making the most unattractive noises humanly possible for extended period of times and then being amazed and surprised by it.

#image description in alt #this is what we do #us linguistic bitches #and it’s the best #like so many sounds are the exact same sound but one is voiced and one is voiceless #like phil said labiodental fricative #but there are 2 #one is /f/ and one is /v/#they are the exact same sound #but /f/ is voiceless and /v/ is voiced #which basically just means your vocal chords vibrate #so whispering is basically just making all voiced consonants voiceless #so if you were to say #do that very quickly #and whisper it #it would become #to that fery quickly #with a different th #dnp #yeet my deet #dan and phil #phan #lingblr #danandphilgames #amazingphil #phil lester #english language and linguistics #yeet my deenp #pp42??

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