you know how mathematicians have the journal of recreational mathematics, right? where they publish stuff like, ‘oh i found this cool property of this one seemingly boring number’, or, ‘this is literally nonsense but it sounds ~scientific~’ and it’s all great fun to read?
well
behold, the journal of recreational linguistics
with such delightful papers as ‘tennis puns’, ‘animals in different languages’, and ‘gifts from a homonymous benefactor’
excuse me while i go read all 50 volumes in one sitting
they even have linguistic magic squares im crying
I’m sure you already know of this, but jic, @copperbadge
The very first article I found was by a woman named Katherine called Advice From A Katherpillar. This is my kind of place.
(via hungryklaxon)
