Author Topic: Funny English and Linguistics stuff... (Read 202766 times)

sweet clementine · « **Reply #51 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:09:01 AM »

So, I'm not generally a fan of T-Rex, but that was amazing!

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #52 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:10:51 AM »

I don't get how this is a comic, though. Someone drew those same six panels who knows how long ago, and they just put new text on in. So really, it's just different text each time. If I write new stuff each week and put it with the same picture each time, does that mean that I've got myself a comic strip?

Well, apparently it does. I bet an old boyfriend drew those six panels for him back in high school.

Jonathon · « **Reply #53 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:24:15 AM »

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic+strip

I don't know how it's not a comic strip.

Porter · « **Reply #54 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:38:05 AM »

YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN NOW OKAY

Brinestone · « **Reply #55 on:** August 28, 2009, 11:12:16 AM »

I

Dinosaur Comics. I should read it more often.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #56 on:** August 30, 2009, 09:54:23 PM »

T-Rex is an ileist.

Porter · « **Reply #57 on:** September 03, 2009, 08:17:30 AM »

That's a metaphor, but just BARELY.

Jonathon · « **Reply #58 on:** September 09, 2009, 10:06:05 AM »

alt text: let's not kid ourselves; it's always an exciting time to be saying "forsooth"

Farmgirl · « **Reply #59 on:** September 09, 2009, 10:39:37 AM »

Everyone is posting just exactly the right, appropriate comic for me today..

Porter · « **Reply #60 on:** September 09, 2009, 10:45:06 AM »

I recently added Dinosaur Comics to my RSS reader, and I've been enjoying it very much. There are still some that totally fall flat for me, though.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #61 on:** September 16, 2009, 06:27:40 AM »

"They say to write what you know, but I think they're just jealous of my awesome imagination."

sweet clementine · « **Reply #62 on:** September 16, 2009, 09:40:34 AM »

"The Stabby Murderer Who Got Detected, Or, Wow will you look at these Curtains?!"

Jonathon · « **Reply #63 on:** October 27, 2009, 09:53:47 AM »

Quote

Lots of languages have "ba" sounds for dads, too: "baba" in Persian, Swahili, Turkish and Bangla, Mandarin Chinese, "abba" in Aramaic and "ba" in !Kung. In other news, !Kung (the language AND people) is/are too awesome to just be mentioned in the title text here; their language uses CLICKS, that's what the "!" is!

rivka · « **Reply #64 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:21:27 AM »

Doesn't everyone know this?

Jonathon · « **Reply #65 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:26:53 AM »

Everyone? No, probably not.

rivka · « **Reply #66 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:36:47 AM »

*borrows Porter's sig*

Porter · « **Reply #67 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:58:07 AM »

*takes it back*

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #68 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:19:05 PM »

Kind of the awesomest comic of the month.

goofy · « **Reply #69 on:** October 30, 2009, 03:26:44 PM »

Where do mama/papa words come from?

rivka · « **Reply #70 on:** October 30, 2009, 03:52:07 PM »

That was an interesting read. Thanks!

Jonathon · « **Reply #71 on:** October 30, 2009, 05:52:34 PM »

Indeed. I found the section on other babble-words particularly interesting. I'd never heard of those before, but it makes sense. After all, my baby has several such words of his own.

Jonathon · « **Reply #72 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:14:03 AM »

rivka · « **Reply #73 on:** November 05, 2009, 10:11:36 AM »

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #74 on:** November 05, 2009, 10:26:21 AM »

That's a classic joke about White Wolf games. Drew and I once made up the background for a game called "Noun: The Gerund" that had defenders of the English language fighting in the World of Darkness.