Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #89 October 2025
Prompt Engineering: A Linguistics Adventure in Talking to AI By Kristel Ho In Memoriam: Bridging the gap How Jane Goodall’s work reflected on the world of languages By Joana Atanasova Calabrian Greek between past and present By Giuseppe Delfino Can you speak Tattoo By Patricia Syner Uncommon Counting – Danish By Caboshone The Mator language […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #88 September 2025
Calling each thing by its correct name… Or rather not? By Neda Stefanović Mysterious Worlds Within Worlds: How the Sheer Number of Words in English Presents Issues for Native English Speakers By Marc Cole Punctuation Slash Conjunction How a Little Line Broke its Way into an Exclusive Word Class By Nico Hammer Blast from the […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #87 August 2025
Deus vult! The linguistic mishmash of the crusaders By Joana Atanasova Where Art Thou, “Thou”? By Nico Hammer Shout Out to this Versatile Three-Letter Word By Patricia Syner For and against the translation of “the native melody” By Neda Stefanović The Tundra Nenets language, and its origins, etymologies and the сихиртя – “Sihirtya” By Linden […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #86 July 2025
On the Shoulders of Giants: When Metaphor Isn’t Metaphor By Brandy Cross Are you feeling “melancholic” or “sanguine”? How ancient medical philosophy has left a lasting mark on Modern English By Steve the vagabond Minecraft’s Alvdalen By Patricia Syner Palum: The New Word Quenching Indonesia’s Thirst for Language By Baihaqi Hakim Mursalin Towers, floods, and […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #85 June 2025
How the French, Religion, and the Bubonic Plague Forced me to Use the Word Y’all By Brandy Cross The Death of a Language By Patricia Syner Hông Hông and Bèep Bèep: Thai’s Take on Everyday Sounds By Ferra Luengvoraphan Wrong-O-rongo By Joana Atanasova Linguistics 101 Part 7 – What is historical linguistics? By Steve the […]
Silly Linguistics Magazine Issue #84 May 2025
Larlépem le louchebem? A dive into French’s lesser known argot By Lucie Robert US Vice President J.D. Vance and Appalachian Speak By Patricia Syner Our pet’s whisperers: secrets of an interspecies communication system By Neda Stefanović Daddy? And the creepy crawlies that bear the name By Brandy Cross Tiny Words, Big Meanings: Thai Discourse Particles […]
