146 Funny language quotes

• I wish British people had subtitles so I knew what they are on about.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  British, communication, culture, humor, i, language, misunderstanding, people, subtitles, wish

• If Twitter has taught me anything, a lot of us aren’t ready for a spelling bee.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  anything, bee, education, humor, irony, language, learning, lot, me, media, ready, social, social media, spelling, taught, Twitter, us

• There’s a famous ancient Chinese proverb, but it’s written in Chinese so I have no idea what it says.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  ancient, Chinese, confusion, famous, humor, i, idea, language, proverb

• They invented the word metallic, because irony was already taken.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  humor, invention, irony, language, metallic, taken, wit, word, word invention

• Just as “magic spells” use special rhymes and archaic terms to signal their power, the convoluted language of legalese acts to convey a sense of authority.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  authority, convoluted, convoluted language, just, language, legalese, magic, magic spell, power, rhyme, sense, signal, special, spell, spells, term, terms

• You can’t spell dyslexia without sexy.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  dyslexia, humor, irony, language, sexy, spell, wordplay

• Your pronouns should be get/help.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  help, humor, identity, language, pronouns, should

• Sailors wish they could swear like me.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  humor, language, me, profanity, sailor, swear, wish, wit

• Why is it spelled “camouflage” and not “ “?

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  camouflage, humor, joke, language, spelled, spelling, why, wit, wordplay

• “Huh” is 94% of my vocabulary.

  ---

  2 weeks ago

  communication, expression, huh, humor, language, reaction, vocabulary

All funny language quotes & images can be used for free for non-commercial purposes 👌