Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 19, 2013

At least Alright, Fred would have been better last words than what he finally said.

Alright Said Fred.

I always seem to get “alright” and “all right” wrong when it comes to situations like that. But what ticks me off a little more is “alot” (it’s really “a lot” for crying out loud).

Disrespect can be a verb. Many nouns can be turned into verbs in English. Disrespect is to show a lack of respect for someone or something. And vice versa, sometimes nouns can be derived from verbs.

ANY noun can be verbed.

Love the floating lemming! Cartoon physics rules OK!

“Alright” as opposed to “all right” has always confused me. I’d like to know the origin of the error, because it sure is widespread.

Bon voyage, Bob, you ninny!Congratulations, Fred; you are an admirable, well-schooled lemming (but a suicidal jerk, nonetheless)!

How about your/you’re and there/their…….

And ‘loose’ for ‘lose’…

Your welcome – LOL

“capital” crimes. The only ones who commit “capitol” crimes are in Congress!

You’re/your etc. And yet when I write the word “it’s” and ask people what it means, they all know to say “it is!”

Fred is seen jumping in the second panel. Somehow he gets back in the jumping line. Huh?

Weather-wise, money-wise, food-wise…..when did this form of speech become grammatically accepted at all levels?? It still makes me, like, cringe.

When Pastis hands us lemmings, should we make lemming-ade?!?

All Right, the end result is all the same.

What does it matter what your last words are? 5 seconds later it doesn’t matter what you said or what you saw or anything, its over.

Dunno. Methinks the spelling “alright” is alright. So does the New Oxford American Dictionary (well, kinda): alright |ˈˌɔlˈraɪt|variant spelling of all right. usage: The merging of all and right to form the one-word spelling alright is first recorded toward the end of the 19th century (unlike other similar merged spellings such as altogether and already, which date from much earlier). There is no logical reason for insisting that all right be two words when other single-word forms such as altogether have long been accepted. Nevertheless, although found widely, alright remains nonstandard.

Could be worse, if a hyphen ate him . . . ☻

Modern English is spoken by more that a billion people. Working knowledge of it is required in science, medicine, transportation, business, and diplomacy. All because of its flexibility and readiness to assimilate new words and concepts.Stop whining about grammar.

Ha ha. Maybe Mr. Pastis does read our comments after all.

That bugs me alot!!!!!

“Irregardless” is a word. It’s just a stupid word, because it means the exact same thing as “regardless.” Sort of like “flammable” and “inflammable.”

“’Alright’ is all wrong.” Thanks, Maris St. Cyr, for a high school English tip that has lasted a lifetime!

Grammar Nazis…even unto the end!!

I think those that feel they are the grammar police should jump off a cliff.

Alrighty, then.

This conversation is “literally” making my head explode! :)

I love these strips! xD

Yes, a living language evolves.

Sing along with Sherlock::“I’m alright,

Nobody worry ’bout me,

Why you got to gimme a fight?

Can’t you just let it be?"

If irregardless is written, read, and spoken in English… doesn’t that make it a “real” English word? Not to be an ass but what exactly would an unreal English word be?

Actually alright is a word and has been in Webster’s since 1887. That’s just 75 years after all right was re-introduced into dictionaries after being banned for 400 years.

I suppose “alright” is alright, to distinguish it from “all right,” just as “altogether” is completely different than saying “all together.”

I love the satire. Someone is committing suicide and all the grammar Nazis’ can think of are language rules. It is pathetic.

While it’s great that language can be flexible and open to change, at the same time that doesn’t mean anything goes. Grammar rules that are enforced just because they always have been – rather than having a specific, logical reason – are ridiculous, but at the same time, if rules are changed just for the heck of it, they’re rendered useless and the language they’re supposed to regulate becomes incomprehensible..I think that as long as there are people fighting both for regulation and for flexibility in language, the change will be slow enough for people to understand, but not completely set in stone. (Personally, I am on the stricter side when it comes to language.)

Languages evolve or die. What constitutes improper English today, may become standard usage in the future.

It’s just a bad a crime to keep perpetuating the myth of Lemmings leaping to their death.

English grammar and spelling were not actually codified until the late 18th century, so the rules haven’t been around all that long.It’s my day job.

This is an actual complaint!!

Isn’t this a common complaint….?

Great way to turn those stupid Grammar Nazi e-mails into a productive strip.

Gasp! “Crap” on the comics page! Kids read this section!