Steamed Hams but i sorted it by phoneme

this is what you guys meant when you said you wanted more linguistics videos, right?

[@Xidnaf]

best enjoyed with subtitles

[@mediocrefunkybeat]

I see what you did there.

[@p3kittyopa07]

welcome back boy ;)

[@migsy1]

Very nice captions

[@Bram06]

we hope this video makes enough ad money for you to afford the therapy needed after this

[@artifactU]

:3

[@cerberusthethird]

the logical next step, of course, is to reconstruct the script using random phonemes from the pool in a god-forsaken ship of theseus simulacrum of the original

[@ApriiSR]

omg

[@BleachedBlackSocks]

i would pay someone to do this ngl

[@scrungobungus]

Or swap their dialogue with each other's phenomes

[@moth.monster]

I mean, someone already made a python script to rearrange the audio of steamed hams into any other arbitrary audio

[@fuzzytheduck6821]

The Frankenstein version

[@Dancingonthesun]

Absolute gold. Wife descibed it as "the worst one you've shown me yet" 10/10 watched the whole thing

[@sweathogstickerpicker]

That description is pretty fair - let's hope he amps it up even more.

[@ydodel6707]

ur wife has no culture this is a work of art

[@marioluigi9599]

ONLY an autistic person could make a video like this. Ahhh the autists! What would we do without them?

[@queru1ous]

Glad I’m not the only one using this type of ranking. My fiancé sends me stuff saying “this is unimaginably stupid you’ll like it” and that’s a banger every time

[@1stflower834]

​@@queru1ousthis is the kind of relationship some would die for

[@Channel-J.D]

1:12 Turns into a Banjo Kazooie cutscene for a good moment there

[@Ninjarium]

lmao

[@Voshchronos]

LMAO TRUE

[@JordanViknar]

0:29 Minecraft strongholds when you punch a silverfish a few times.

[@ripp_]

Didn't expect us to also get "Steamed hams but only when no one is speaking" for free

[@kirtil5177]

its a two for one deal, what a steal

[@alexxx4434]

Phonemes was just a prelude, preparing us for a masterpiece.

[@therealvbw]

With some random noises thrown in

[@DJL3G3ND]

I literally made that 5 years ago, “Steamed Hams But No Words Are Spoken”, nobody saw though

[@bensosnowski1128]

@@DJL3G3NDwow you really did lmao sorry fam

[@b4ttlemast0r]

2:31 current phoneme: /🔥/

[@SgtRamen]

2:15 I don't know why but Skinner nervously gasping and panting, only to teleport to standing while smiling in one frame then teleport into the kitchen the next had me dying

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

It's like watching someone in a videogame speedrun entering a bunch of very specific inputs to clip their character through the wall.

[@randomguy3708]

2:16 is what finally broke me Imagine being so socially awkward that you just decide to teleport out of the room

[@casualbird7671]

Agreed, that made me laugh the most

[@willowm3055]

Choosing to believe that this took the last 2 years to make and Xidnaf has been tirelessly working to bring us this masterpiece.

[@Xidnaf]

I think I will also choose to believe this.

[@user-rg7uz8of9r]

​@@Xidnaf😅😢😂

[@chiptuneanimation4492]

In all seriousness, any idea when you will make new videos? The world needs your videos!@@Xidnaf

[@thei9372]

I came here to say this but knew in my heart that it had already been said

[@alex.g7317]

@@chiptuneanimation4492*ignores you*

[@LingoLizard]

Leave it to Xidnaf to come back from the grave of inactivity to deliver us a linguistic shitpost

[@Xnoob545]

Oh hi

[@ElonMuskrat1930]

As he should

[@aro4cinglife]

tru

[@aro4cinglife]

also, I like your channels, thats all I have to sya lol

[@prim16]

Seeing Lingolizard and Xidnaf in the same location is a beautiful sight

[@4nt0s]

2:10 I love the way the superintendent squints and unsquints his eyes like that

[@ratboygirl]

2:24 “no patrick, yawning is not a phoneme” LMFAO

[@Stilluetto]

I love that this is split into one part constant blabbering and the other part is all the awkward silence leftover

[@janvanhoyk8375]

No Patrick, Yawning is not a phoneme

[@COOOLDUDE]

sighting

[@jan.Pikipo]

I love how on 2:16 Skimmer goes into almost silent stutter mode for full 5 seconds, followed by him standing for a couple of FRAMES which then IMMEDIATELY followed by him disappearing and the door shutting

[@rattle_me_bones]

he teleported out of that one

[@existenceispain_geekthesiren]

I woke up my cat from laughing

[@ShovelLettuce]

This is how he'd ideally leave the situation

[@Purely_Andy]

that was the funniest shit

[@existenceispain_geekthesiren]

777th like

[@yggdarsilyae6807]

Next steps: -Steamed ham sorted according to morphemes -Steamed ham sorted according to syntactic units -Steamed ham sorted according to semantic type -Steamed ham sorted according to prosodic unit -Steamed ham sorted according to type of conversational turn

[@sillyface6950]

I have no idea what any of this -means- memes.😅 But I am 100% here for it.

[@mackparker9064]

THIS

[@lanceuppercut_]

- Steamed Hams sorted by each word's etymology

[@caseys2698]

The fact that people still care so much to make incredibly in-depth "Steamed Hams but ______" memes all these years later is simply inspiring. This must have taken ages. Fantastic work!!

[@glebglub]

Steamed Hams but it's actually an excuse to both learn and adapt a useable/employable life skill as well as give people the hooheehahas

[@slimeinc.3822]

0:55 banjo solo

[@somerobloxdude3699]

EEEEEEEE *banjo*

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

i laughed like mario on lava

[@BennoRob95]

If you sped up Ned speaking to his cousin who moves in next to Homer on the other side and spliced it with this part it would be intense

[@SirNyanoftheCats2]

Steamed Hams but language hasent been invented yet: 1:38

[@username5155]

When you’re trying to learn a new language and you’re practicing all the sounds you need to know how to make

[@WhoElseButZane]

0:28 when you walk into the snake section of the pet store

[@outlaw987]

Also sounds like the eating sound in Minecraft 😂

[@devonoknabo2582]

I did not expect a linguistic shitpost, but I do appreciate it.

[@codycrank3465]

can I see it ?

[@corri303]

no

[@NaldinhoGX]

no@@codycrank3465

[@devonoknabo2582]

@@codycrank3465 see what?

[@codycrank3465]

@@devonoknabo2582 KZbin steamed hams then you should get it

[@Gust_The_Man]

Person : Makes small noise The entire library : 0:28

[@alepenagorbe9135]

The fact that the screams for help of Skinner's mom appear mostly in their entirety after more than a minute of mouth noises resonates with me on a deep level

[@calibricalypso]

She's screaming because her brain can't comprehend this linguistic shitpost in all its glory

[@Monica-br8pi]

I love hearing certain sounds and knowing where it's from. You can practically picture the rest of "aurora borealis" at 0:49.

[@Monica-br8pi]

/i/ and /oʊ/ are very Seymour heavy. /æ/ is where the hams are.

[@nxnil]

obsessed with ​"/æ/ is where the hams are" the phrasing is so funny to me 😭😭

[@repetitivethinking]

​@@Monica-br8pi/æ/! the house of hams!

[@slvrshore5300]

you know this guy has posts about "deprogramming" people he hates on tumblr?

[@illuminati955]

​@@slvrshore5300 who and where?

[@wehpudicabok6598]

"No, Patrick, yawning is not a phoneme" got me

[@CraftBlade240]

but is mayonnaise still an instrument

[@bulba3342]

2:16 The way skinner just teleports to open the door

[@Assabinnas]

I like the part where they say "ham" to each other back and forth rapidly. Also the part where Chalmers walks out the burning house without saying a word.

[@Seltyk]

Near-perfect video. Would've loved a tiny bit of the fire truck at the end with "Current phoneme: 🚨"

[@CrazBdazz]

Dang, bet me to it!

[@timothymclean]

I disagree with Xidnaf about whether any non-word vocalizations should count as having phonemes, but this video is still fun. EDIT: On second thought, taking out all the words for the actual meal while leaving in all the "uhs" and such is pretty funny.

[@exylic]

a phone (phonetics) is different from a phoneme (phonemics/phonology)

[@noahinvero351]

The no speech part is basically the fully understandable episode but awkward and produced in 1920

[@KuroHebi]

I love the fact that you can understand the skit even though the dialogue has been cut at the end.

[@ryanm7704]

-Says the n-word on video -Disappears for 4 years -Uses dark magic (timezones) to skip Monday -Disappears for 2 more years -Steamed Hams shitpost Yep, that's Xidnaf alright!

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

It probably took 2 years to sort and splice all those clips. Man, what a rush! Mega respect!

[@somewony]

When did he say the n-word?

[@kelpsie]

@@somewony As per the comment, two videos ago. In the "forbidden words" video.

[@AubriGryphon]

@@somewony In the "Three Types of Forbidden Words" video, among the examples of slurs.

[@ryanm7704]

@@somewony "Three types of forbidden words"

[@jte7438]

I like the thought that, in theory, you could take everything in this video and re-edit it back into the original video.

[@timothymclean]

Ideally with phonemes in the right order but clips in the wrong order. Like, every ð̠ is swapped with another ð̠ clip, possibly being said by a different character.

[@notwithouttext]

somebody somehow needs to do this right now

[@notwithouttext]

@@timothymclean or even remove all ending "r" sounds to be nonrhotic. switch around the /æ/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, and /ə/ phonemes and now you have a new zealand accent steamed hams!

[@kindlin]

@@timothymclean The current top comment says to _randomize_ it. That would be.... something else. I'd watch it.

[@Bejunckt]

0:28 the dream of snakes 0:40 the nightmare of Japanese people 0:44 regular American English

[@slvrshore5300]

think fascists should be kept out of japan :l after all this dude has fascist propaganda on his channel

[@PrawnAddiction]

​@@slvrshore5300, this is a Wendy's

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

I dunno why but Chalmers' *EEEEEE* at 0:55 had me rolling.

[@Zelmel]

Now I'm wondering how many of those "Current Phoneme: none" could be captured by the existing Extended IPA.

[@selladore4911]

yeah i def heard creaky voice there

[@Ennocb]

I mean you can definitely transcribe all of the vocalizations as phones. He just didn't count them as phonemes as they don't serve to distinguish lexeme A from lexeme B. This can be argued about, though. Are you thinking about capturing ambient noise?

[@ferociousfeind8538]

Plenty of them are vowel-like exclamations which fit neatly into the vowel chart, I think

[@ToastbackWhale]

⁠@@EnnocbExtIPA is almost exclusively a tool in Speech Pathology to accurately describe disordered speech, lexemes not required.

[@Ennocb]

@@ToastbackWhale You are correct. The uploader makes this restriction.

[@sammy8749]

these rare check-ins now feel like a reminder to us that you’re happier with yourself and you’re doing alright. thanks for the biannual gift xidnaf! happy trails in your future endeavours

[@pueblos0revolucion]

ssssssssssssss Bonus: you can just hear the delightfully devilish at 0:21

[@excimoe]

1:19 No, children, you're not seeing things. This, my little friends, is a schwa.

[@rgal]

1:54: /ʔ/ Yes, glottal stop is a phoneme. Pistols at dawn? :V

[@BaldiGamingOfficial69]

eh

[@GriffonWizard2099]

The fact that xidnaf has enough knowledge to create super deep dives into language and its intricacies, but also enough to purely shitpost. Balance is key🤙🏻

[@AshleyParkreiner]

Banjo Kazooie NPC, speaking to his therapist

[@redshyguynumber5567]

1:10 *Completely unchanged screams*

[@SrAustria]

This channel is what originally pushed my interest for languages and linguistics, and to see this masterpiece is like going full circle, returning to where all began with a new appreciation. Thank you, Xidnaf. Edit: typo.

[@possiblyadog]

I have now learned the entirety of my Linguistics 201 course in 2 and a half minutes. Thanks!

[@Florian87]

I loved the part where Skinner looks around nervously before teleporting into the kitchen in two frames.

[@spaguettoltd.7933]

The painter carefully lays out his palette

[@anlztrk]

The quality content we deserve.

[@texxon3355]

Wow, it’s been a while

[@raphaeltoast]

Chalmers yelling "EEE" at 0:54 speaks to me

[@cereal_chick2515]

I can *taste* the blood, sweat, and tears that went into editing this. This is a singular achievement, and I enjoyed it immensely.

[@novaace2474]

Why is this unironically good for giving an idea of the frequency of phonemes in english

[@freddie9705]

This is genuinely a fantastic demonstration of what a phoneme is. If I was a linguistics teacher, I would be tempted to play this in class.

[@asinglebraincell6584]

The ending without any dialogue is even funnier. He just casually leaves his burning house of Skinner

[@LarsonFilms2]

0:28 "Sounds like steam escaping."

[@maxblechman2665]

Of all the ways to make a comeback this is certainly one of them

[@ibi6262]

The man! The myth! The legend! HE'S BACK!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@jaojao1768]

Return of the king

[@slvrshore5300]

@@jaojao1768 *return of the fascist

[@ASquared544]

This video feels so much longer than 2:36

[@forivall]

I'm amazed and i appreciate that new steamed hams memes are still being made. Thank you for your service

[@LewisCho]

The return of a legend!

[@pine_needle]

i uh.. love explaining to people how your channel influenced me to pursue a degree in linguistics 👍

[@ElectricNox]

When you close your eyes during the no phoneme section, it feels like you're listening to one of these rpg games that isn't fully voice acted but the characters will make a noise each time they have dialogue

[@leafofyume7838]

0:28 what people whit a big fear for spiders hear at night

[@LegitSiForNow]

The subtitles truly made it for me. Thanks.

[@Quazarthegreat]

Did you just come back after years for STEAMED HAMS??? OF ALL THINGS? I love it!!

[@Game_Hero]

Best possible comeback possible

[@danmurray2210]

This is a masterpiece, and I'm glad to see you're back!

[@HardBloodNelza]

This is probably my favorite ever one of these. This is unbelievable effort. Very awesome.

[@add5dtech134]

genuinely a high-quality upload put this back on king, you deserve it 👑

[@geldarus]

0:06 me when I'm gaming

[@pitiantifriz]

Were you having a heated gamer moment

[@overclover67]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@JaxenCollins]

Xidnaf. I absolutely love your videos. And this one definitely does NOT fall short💪🏻

[@sergiorestrepo6657]

Now, this is just ridiculous. Thank you for making this

[@Simte]

Linguistics?! At this time of year, at this time of day, , localized entirely within your channel?!

[@at_Wild]

*goes missing for two years *does perhaps the most intrecate shitpost I have ever seen

[@pernellvaughan8535]

The sheer amount of time and effort that went into this had to have been immense!

[@Dash-Rabbit]

I love how Steamed Hams has stayed relevant in meme culture for all these years, and continues to be remixed in new and creative ways. Very good job

[@Berniebud]

A few mistakes: 1: Counting /ɔɹ/ as /oʊ/ around 1:25 2: Using the symbol for the trilled /r/ instead of /ɹ/ 3: Categorizing all rhotacized vowels (such as in /ˈbɝɡɚ/) as /r/

[@willmcgonigle3107]

nerd

[@SynoPTL]

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[@natejackman7705]

Its perfectly acceptable to use /r/ in a broad transcription of English since there's only one rhotic.

[@HoloTheDrunk]

I'd like to take this rare opportunity of you being alive online to say that you, along with many other great channels on linguistics, have made a massive impact on my life. I started getting interested in linguistics around high school when my grasp of English got better and I was therefore exposed to more content, and it's been one of my passions ever since. Despite currently being in the last year of my master's in CS, I'd like to pursue a Bachelor's in linguistics while I start my working life. Thank you for all the great videos.

[@Sportnugget]

The extended awkward silence and then Skinner teleporting into the kitchen is accidental comedic gold

[@malegria9641]

Two years Two years for this MASTERPIECE

[@orangesilver8]

Oh this is beautiful. Those grunts are phonemes though.

[@pewp_tickalar]

Which words are they used in?

[@Dr._Vita]

New video? From Xidnaf? It's more likely than you think! -Free PC check!

[@Nerdbookworm]

What I hear when I hear people try to explain knitting to me when I’m a crocheter

[@GavinPetty]

This is the proper way to enjoy Steamed Hams, I will not take any other version.

[@oktayyildirim2911]

Did anyone hear something naughty at 0:10?

[@TheDigitalMermaid]

I was very excited for a language lesson when I saw your upload, and I mean, this applies in a VERY weird way. Hahaha

[@koromoro6682]

I saw this and almost scrolled by but then saw this was Xidnaf, and had to come to terms with this being what you post after two years Thanks for the food

[@mostlyreliable]

This has entered the hall of fame of all time greatest steamed hams edits for me

[@gavinthecrafter]

this was truly worth 2 years of waiting

[@Patrick_919]

Gone for years and you come back with this? Your early work was so good.

[@TheOne_6]

when skinner yawned, i tried to yawn but ended up hacking up nothing

[@SuperFromND]

great linguistic conversation, i feel like this really demonstrated the unique properties of rhotic phonemes

[@ClockMaster-mq2hm]

0:44 in English, its actually [ɻ], not [r] (that's the rolled one)

[@masicbemester]

true, but it's a phonemic transcription rather than a phonetic one so writing rhotics as /r/ can slide

[@matthew8153]

This meme shall never die!!!

[@Mrissecool]

This is the best thing I've seen in a VERY long while

[@Keykhosrau]

Always really happy to be a 5 year subscriber for quality content like this. :)

[@thomasrussell4674]

1:30 sounds like "We Share Our Mother's Health" by a Swedish electronic group called the knife.

[@DamianFire21]

This is exactly what we meant

[@dingdongshush]

I love the effort you put into the transcript

[@mosesmckinney1373]

This is scary. In the past few days I randomly started thinking about your channel cause I used to watch it all the time. I just remembered the name looked it up and there was a video released the day I first thought about it.