Silly Linguistics

We here at Silly Linguistics love language and linguistics and want to share it with the world. Have you ever wondered why English spelling was so weird? Have you ever wondered where words come from? Well, in this magazine we cover all this and more. We talk to linguists and ask them all sorts of interesting questions about language. We talk to language lovers and talk to them about their highs and lows of language learning.

DEUS VULT! • THE LINGUISTIC MISHMASH OF THE CRUSADERS

WHERE ART THOU, “THOU”?

SHOUT OUT TO THIS VERSATILE THREE-LETTER WORD

FOR AND AGAINST THE TRANSLATION OF 'THE NATIVE MELODY'

THE TUNDRA NENETS LANGUAGE, AND ITS ORIGINS, ETYMOLOGIES AND THE СИХИРТЯ - “SIHIRTYA” • In this article I will be discussing the Tundra Nenets language, an introduction to Samoyedic languages, the background of Tundra Nenets, some of its etymologies and their possible connections, pertaining to the ancient human history of the Arctic & to the “Sihirtya”, and many other topics.

WORDS AND PRAGMATICS • Or why what you think you’re saying means more than what you’re saying