thatpolyglotgirl:

notallwugs:

Two scientists walk into a bar:

“I’ll have an H2O.”

“I’ll have an H2O, too.”

The bartender gives them both water because he is able to distinguish the boundary tones that dictate the grammatical function of homonyms in coda position as well as pragmatic context.

Once again, this is why no one likes linguists

The first scientists plot to kill the second has failed.

Reblogged 4 years ago from robustquestioner (Originally from notallwugs)
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