#linguistics poll

[spirantization]

I saw someone use this in a way that I don't and now I have to know.

How do you say/write/use the negative form of "let us / let's"? If you use more than one, please choose the option you use more frequently. Tell me what variety of English you speak in the tags. Non-native speakers are encouraged to offer their insight as well.

[crystaltoa]

So, I realised something the other day, and thought I’d do a linguistics poll about it. I’ll tell you what my hypothesis was afterwards.

I���m not looking to see if you know which one is the most correct, it’s about how you specifically would typically say this word.

If you feel comfortable doing so, I’d appreciate people tagging what they say and what country they live in.

…I would also like to apologise to all Germans in advance. You’ll see why soon.

[teeth--king]

Okay I’ve been meaning to make this poll for awhile now and fall seems like a perfect time for it, but what do you call these?

(If you choose other please let me know because I am interested)

[loooongfurby4444]

*all types of sign language are valid as hell

Because I can’t fit it all in the poll-

1- Neurodivergent, deaf, and I know sign language

2. Neurodivergent, deaf, and I don’t know sign language due to difficulties with fine motor skills

3. Neurodivergent, deaf, and I don’t know sign language due to other (non hand related) language learning difficulties

4. Neurodivergent, deaf, and I don’t know sign language for another reason

5. Neurodivergent, not deaf, and I know sign language

6. Neurodivergent, not deaf, and I don’t know sign language due to difficulties with fine motor skills

7. Neurodivergent, not deaf, and I don’t know sign language due to other (non hand related) language learning difficulties

8. Neurodivergent, not deaf, and I don’t know sign language for another reason

*Obligatory begging to reblog*

[crowleyaj]

choices are limited to fit into the poll. if you're a beginner learner and can read it even if you don't necessarily understand what you're reading, it counts.

if you can read more than one japanese or more than one indian, for example, click that option and tell us which in the tags!

please reblog <3

[sevenswansinatrenchcoat]

I'll double check some facts but it's a neat regional feature that it you don't say the different sounds you probably can't hear the different sounds either

[contagious-watermelon]

ok guys i have a question. given the following pronunciations of the words:

("eye-sound" describes the sound /aɪ/ and "ee-sound" describes the sound /i/)

apologies if the IPA is incorrect; I'm not a linguist. corrections are appreciated if necessary 👍🏼

[watching-the-apocalypse]

it is time for a very important poll on the tumblr.com website

[yuribeam]

ex: "I grew up with dogs" (got first family dog at 9)

"I grew up on sailor moon" (started watching at 11)

"I grew up on classic rock" (started listening at 7)

at what referenced age would you say: "well, you didn't really grow up on it"?

[loooongfurby4444]

If you have multiple just pick the one that happened first in your life (I forgot to put multiple)

[gnomewithalaptop]

Okay because I'm genuinely curious, what does everybody call this little guy

Put where you're from in the tags if you want! (general regions only obviously pls don't doxx yourselves)

[embervoices]

I can roll my Rs.

My older sister, who otherwise shares my exact background, cannot.

I took Spanish in school. She took French. But I could already roll my Rs before I chose Spanish, and she already couldn't when she chose French.

[il3x]

Help a girl out! I need a majority opinion.

Where the ideas are from: Duplicity -> duplicitous, anonymity -> anonymous, publicity -> public.

[incognitopolls]

This list of the 11 most spoken first languages is from the 2024 publication of Ethnologue (via Wikipedia).

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