Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 7

Grammar xkcd.com/3229/

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Alexandra Lanes · Apr 8

My language is structured using DECALN ^[#8

@tytonidae21.bsky.social · Apr 7

I wish I could laugh today

Pete Marchetto · Apr 7

Grammar overrated is.

darth_baggins · Apr 7

cojeep · Apr 7

* grammar, bitches

Not Invented · Apr 7

I s'pose yeah them blokes like what that Shakespeare geezer is and all them lot, right, wrote shedloads - and I think it's bollocks but authors think it's the dog's bollocks innit - and like English school lessons and that teach it and do exams on it and about how English grammar's updated and good.

Arse Grammatica · Apr 7

Endings also used are.

GreenKato5000 · Apr 7

And EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

BluTGI · Apr 7

Airplane mode broke me. Thank you.

Twenty Thousand Thorns · Apr 7

OpenAI engineers taking notes right about now.

Djoran Keil · Apr 8

I prefer the EEEEEEEEeEEEEEEEEEE variant of the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE method. It has nuance.

Jacek Wesołowski · Apr 7

Sorry to break the mood, but given <gestures vaguely> all this, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE is pretty much all I have to say at the moment.

donutage · Apr 7

Axaxaxas mlö!

Warren Hyde · Apr 7

Day Counter slayed me. Too much.

R

Ni · Apr 8

oh fuck I'm totally 100% sending this to all my students

Uncle Tifa · Apr 7

ChaosConstant · Apr 7

Ah, I see Eeemily grew up and became a linguist.

Sacerdos Vagans · Apr 7

Grammar is better than tinnitus: confirmed.

Catherine Jefferson · Apr 7

Nicely done! 😅

Robert Ramsay · Apr 7

Nye · Apr 7

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Rattleboneses 🎲💀 · Apr 7

I'm actually a big fan of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

senesperulo · Apr 7

There's a Pirate-Speak gag in there somewhere... "Grammarrrrrrrrrr!"

@shaddakim.bsky.social · Apr 8

Airplane Mode is my favorite.

Dizzy Dragon · Apr 7

and, y'know

Hard Geek Life · Apr 7

Was anybody else part of that old "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" facebook group back in the day?

Andrew · Apr 8

Dutch prefers this method to strucrure its word order:

IAMFERROUS · Apr 8

Personally I prefer Ŵ̸̨̛̯̹̱̯̫̯̟̰̲͇̞̜̞̪͔̺͓̪̻̪̟̱͎͈̙͈̭͔͔͇̬̜͎̥̩͎̪̭̮͕͖͇͙̳̮̲̈́̓̈́͆̇̾͗̇͛́̆͋͛̿̋̀̂̄͗̌̈̒̒̉̔̈̓̕͘͜͠͠͝ͅŐ̶̡̧̨̼̭͕̫̘̮̠͉̯͕̘͍̘̫͕̹̘͖͚̜̗̘̫̞͕̺̭̬̯̩̤̤̬͎̗̘͜ͅR̴̢̢̛̛̥̪̭̪̞̥̬̜̟̯͚̞̘̀͐́͋̈́͐̔̌̿̄͒̈̔͆̉͑̀̉̍̾͑̽̆͒̇̈́͋͘̚͜͠D̵̨̢̧̨̨̡̨̛͔͔͕͙̩͉̫̫͉̲̮̳̪͈̰̺͍͇̫̬̙͕̦̼͓̤̬̹̹͍͈̳̾̃͛͌̋́͂̐͛̊̋͛̚͘͜͜͠͠͝͝ͅͅS̶̡̟̟̖͍̝̺̩͕̳̦̲̰̬̻̰͓̹̬̖̗͍͕̗̲̩̺̺̮̦͚̻̞͔̭̹̊͊̋̅͗̆͑͆͑͊̿̈́̏͋͂̈́̈́̓͂͆̀́͌̉̀̈́̍̅͋̆̐̈̍́̚͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅO̶̹̯͚̹̻̳̮̬̗̱͕̱̮̩̫̥̼͕͔͍̗̲͗͊̕F̷̛̛̼͂̈̅͐̌̓́͌̊̋̍͌̒̇̇͊̓̃̒̿͗͆͂̓̆̈́̅̆̓̅̏̉͗͐̕̕͠͠͝͝G̶̡̧̧̢̨̧̢̢̢̙͔̩̞͈̘̞̥͇̥͈̯͕̭͔̙̣͓͉̳̩̟̬̪̥̥̤͎̤̪̮̲̳̦̠̼͙̰̘̮̉̎̅̅̐̎̑̒͜͝L̶̨̢̧̨̡̛̜̝̠̯̞͇̲̭̫̳̟̘̲͚͈͈͍̞̻̹̤͓̯̱̹̬̤̼͐̒̎̓̓̐̿̋̅̒͒̈́͂̽͒͌̅̓̓̃́͒̒̈́̋̕͘̚̕̚͠͠ͅÓ̸̢̨̫̣͓̖͓͈̹̹̻̭̼̮̺͓̘͖͚͖̰͗̊̋̎̍͆̑͂̍͆͗̽͗̋̒͌̈̉́̊́̿̊̈́͒̔̉̈́̈́̈̕͝͠͝͝͝ͅͅR̵̛͈̩̞̣̤̟͈͈͉̙̬͖͍̂́͋̐͌̐́̂̄̋͗̒̂͛̾̆͋́̆̄͛̓̔͗̕͝͠Ẏ̸̛̖̩͙̟͉̜͔̥͖̹͚̘͚̙̰̲̣͇̰̹̰̹̞̳̫̻̜̔͋͆̔́̓͂͗̔̾̇͒̽̔͑̔̌̎́͐͂̒̈ͅ

Liz 🏳️‍⚧️ · Apr 8

English both method used are

Farm Dee · Apr 7

Word system isnt superior traditional to order but random a grammar? Am salad for hungry I word!

xkcd title text · Apr 7

Title text: "Communication is one of the most popular ways to transmit information, ahead of rivals such as" Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3229#Transcript