How to Turn Toast Back into Bread

How to turn toast back into bread ...in only three easy steps! 1. Take the phonetic realisation of the word “toast”. 〈toast〉 > /toust/ 2. Gently apply a few millennia of regular phonetic shifts. 0. toust 1. ou > oy toyst 2. CC# > CCə# ˈtoys.tə 3. oy,OI > wø,we ˈtwøs.tə 4. CwV > Cu.wV tuˈwøs.tə 5. C[-voiced] > C[+voiced] / !{#_,#} tuˈwəz.də 6. w,j > b,ɟ / !{#_,#} tuˈbəz.də 7. V[-stressed] > ø tbøzd 8. z > r tbørd 9. C > ø / #_C[+stop] børd 10. e,ø,o > ɛ,œ,ɔ / {_,_} bœrd 11. CVrC > CrVC brœd 12. y,ø,œ > i,e,ɛ brɛd 13. r > l blɛd 3. that’s it! your toast is now bread :)

A three-step mock linguistic guide shows how the word “toast” supposedly changes into “bread” through an absurd series of phonetic shifts over millennia. Toast images on the right gradually become untoasted bread, making the joke a playful parody of historical linguistics and sound change. It can be sent as a reaction to overcomplicated explanations or ridiculous transformations. EN: A three-step mock linguistic guide shows how the word “toast” supposedly changes into “bread” through an absurd series of phonetic shifts over millennia. Toast images on the right gradually become untoasted bread, making the joke a playful parody of historical linguistics and sound change. It can be sent as a reaction to overcomplicated explanations or ridiculous transformations.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 1582 2022-08-26