Linguistic jokes.
I've got a new addiction. It's This website. The websites own description is:
This page comprises a list of 736 "essentialist explanations" of the form "Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z".
A couple of examples:
"Japanese is essentially tone-deaf ancient Chinese spoken backwards."
"Mandarin is essentially Chinese as spoken by Mongols."
"English is essentially bad Dutch with outrageously pronounced French and Latin vocabulary."
I don't know what you guys think, but it can keep me occupied for hours :P
This page comprises a list of 736 "essentialist explanations" of the form "Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z".
A couple of examples:
"Japanese is essentially tone-deaf ancient Chinese spoken backwards."
"Mandarin is essentially Chinese as spoken by Mongols."
"English is essentially bad Dutch with outrageously pronounced French and Latin vocabulary."
I don't know what you guys think, but it can keep me occupied for hours :P