Linguistics Jokes

A linguistics professor was lecturing her class.
"In the English language," she said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. There is no language, however, wherein a double positive can form a negative."
Just then, a voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right!"

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

A linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative."
A voice from the back of the room retorted, "Yeah, right."

This is a list of humourous linguistics in various languages that
I've encountered:
In America, if you want to split the cost of an evening out, you say
you are "going Dutch," since the Dutch are well known for their
frugality. The Dutch, on the other hand, call the same arrangement
"op z'n Amerikaans" (going American) because the Americans are
known for their egalitarian nature!
In English, the bird "turkey" was named as though it came from Turkey.
In Turkish, the bird is named "hindi" as though it came from "Hindistan,"
which is Turkish for India. (Any Hindi speakers wish to comment on
the Hindi name of a turkey?)
Also, in Turkish, the word for cannibal is "yam yam," pronounced
"yum yum" as if it tasted good. Really.
French fries aren't really French. In fact, they were invented by the
English (so greasy, you know), who call them chips. The French more...