147 funny language quotes - Wordgag

It’s pretty apt that the ‘i’ is in the middle of ‘hurricane’.

May 23, 2026

Even when I look up the slang of today’s kids, I still have no idea what it means.

May 23, 2026

It really annoys me when people use the wrong word and don’t have the humidity to admit it.

May 23, 2026

Isn’t it odd that “read” is pronounced like “lead”, while “read” is pronounced like “lead”?

May 23, 2026

Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.

May 23, 2026

Incorrectly is the only word that, when spelled correctly, is still spelled incorrectly.

May 23, 2026

There’s a rhyming Italian expression for saying “take it or leave it” that goes “o mangi questa minestra o salti dalla finestra”. It means “either eat this soup or throw yourself out the window”.

May 22, 2026

“Pre” means before, and “post” means after. Using both at the same time would be preposterous.

May 22, 2026

Grammar is important. It’s the difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you’re nuts.

May 22, 2026

I hope whoever came up with the spelling for Wednesday was punished for their actions.

May 22, 2026

I always preferred the English spelling of “diarrhea” which is “diarrhoea” because it really looks like you’ve lost control of your vowels.

May 22, 2026

Is he trying to pronounce “charcuterie” or is he having a stroke?

May 22, 2026

Why did they call it K-pop and not Seoul music?

May 22, 2026

My swear jar is having a very profitable week.

May 22, 2026

You can just make up words and if you say them in a Scottish accent, people will think they’re real: Looka the wee janglers on that tary bibbit.

May 22, 2026

You don’t use a semicolons correctly; you use a semicolon confidently.

May 22, 2026

The Welsh language was invented by a dad losing at Scrabble.

May 22, 2026

Some women seated next to me are gossiping in French. They obviously think I’m some dumb American who doesn’t speak French and they are correct.

May 22, 2026

How did the person who invented the spelling of “banana” decide when to stop?

May 22, 2026

Really looking forward to the day my teenager starts speaking English again.

May 22, 2026

The prime minister is a minister that is not divisible by any other minister.

May 22, 2026

Duolingo should have an “I’m going on holiday to this place very soon” setting so it teaches you “can I have the bill” and so on instead of “the cow boils an egg”.

May 21, 2026

Why is bacon called bacon and cookies called cookies if you cook bacon and bake cookies?

May 21, 2026

Panties is such a weird word. Panties. I can’t say it sexy.

May 21, 2026

Do y’all ever think about how, in Korean, you can’t scream over text because there’s no uppercase… I think about that all the time, for some reason.

May 21, 2026

I’m soirée for my mispronunciation of French words.

May 21, 2026

I can’t take people who pronounce “gnocchi” correctly seriously.

May 21, 2026

I’m homeless. Minus the ‘m’.

May 20, 2026

How was the word “Wife” invented? They took the first two and last two letters of wildlife.

May 20, 2026

Your brain automatically translates WTF but not LOL.

May 20, 2026

I might not be able to speak another language but I can speak English slower!

May 20, 2026

Math is like Chinese to me.

May 20, 2026

The first Humans saw the sun go up and then back down, and so they decided to call it a day.

May 20, 2026

Every word wishes it could sound as fun as falafel.

May 20, 2026

Preparing for the apocalypse by becoming fluent in zombie.

May 19, 2026

I’m about to start telling people, “As long as that makes sense to you,” when they say shit that doesn’t make sense to me.

May 19, 2026

My favorite part of my workday is when I grab my shit and leave.

May 19, 2026

Does anyone actually know how to pronounce Worcestershire sauce correctly, or do we all just stumble through it and hope for the best?

May 19, 2026

When I learned the word “literally,” that was the beginning of the end.

May 19, 2026

Don’t mispronounce anything next to me and think I didn’t hear it.

May 19, 2026