Author Topic: Funny English and Linguistics stuff... (Read 216923 times)

Noemon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:31:26 AM »

I love Dinosaur Comics. I've gotten out of the habit of reading it, and I'm not really sure why. It's a great strip.

Brinestone · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:57:00 AM »

I love the last frame.

Narnia · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2009, 03:42:26 PM »

One of my favorite Dinosaur comics is the Shakespeare one...I'll have to see if I can find it.

Jonathon · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2009, 03:47:46 PM »

This one's my favorite:

Neutros the Radioactive Dragon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2009, 03:51:55 PM »

Narnia · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2009, 09:31:06 AM »

Narnia · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2009, 03:06:28 PM »

Jonathon, I need you to get this ready for publishing when you have a chance. Oh, wait. It's already been published.

http://vandonovan.livejournal.com/1088311.html#cutid1

Zalmoxis · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:07:05 AM »

That is rather remarkable. And by remarkable I mean to really say: I have no response to that.

Narnia · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:47:10 AM »

I know!!! I couldn't BELIEVE IT when I read it, and if it hadn't been a scan, I would have thought she was lying about it being a published book.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:58:26 AM »

Her feet were marmosets?

How come my feet never get to be marmosets? I mean, marmosets. How cool would that be?!

saxon75 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:36:37 AM »

You know, for all the bizarre description, I think what struck me most was the use of the word "pubes."

Narnia · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:46:58 AM »

I agree. I mean, we're going for the EGGPLANT of purple prose and all he could come up with there was 'pubes?' I mean, what? Did his thesaurus all of the sudden catch fire or something?

Zalmoxis · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:52:59 AM »

I don't think it caught fire. I think it felt so misused that it refused to open.

Jonathon · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:49:27 PM »

Holy crap. Somehow I missed this the other day. What on earth is that from?

The Genuine · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:56:20 PM »

Clearly the author should have just defined "a niche, an alcove, an apse" as "NAA" in the preamble. (Because us lawyers try to save words.)

Farmgirl · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2009, 08:09:08 AM »

What was the name of that book we had the contest about at KamaCon - to read it without cracking up -- it was so horrid? This is as horrid, if not worse, than that.

Narnia · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2009, 10:24:22 AM »

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Holy crap. Somehow I missed this the other day. What on earth is that from?

It's from a terrible fantasy/romance novel called...something awful like 'Hot Silk' or something. I can't remember now.

Anyway, like I've said before, if it hadn't been a scan, I would never have believed that it was a real book.

EDIT: It's called 'Silk and Steel.' And I just love that his name is 'Spikenard.'

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:12:55 AM »

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What was the name of that book we had the contest about at KamaCon - to read it without cracking up -- it was so horrid? This is as horrid, if not worse, than that.

I wasn't there, but it must have been The Eye of Argon.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #19 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:48:11 AM »

Narnia · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:49:58 AM »

*giggle* Love it.

Jonathon · « **Reply #21 on:** March 17, 2009, 12:59:08 PM »

I was just coming here to post that.

Neutros the Radioactive Dragon · « **Reply #22 on:** March 17, 2009, 01:24:07 PM »

Reminds me of conversations... here.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #23 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:32:35 PM »

Especially when Jonathon opens his mouth all wide and full of teeth like that.

Jonathon · « **Reply #24 on:** March 17, 2009, 06:49:15 PM »

As I am wont to do.