Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 19, 2013
Transcript:
Lemming 1: Okay, guys. I'ts the end of our little lemming lives... Bob, you start us off. Lemming 2: Alright, Fred! Lemming 1: Wait! Wait! You yelled "Alright" in that speech balloon! But that's not a word, Bob! It's "All Right." Two words... ask anyone! Lemming 2: Oh, crap... really? Lemming 1: It's a shame to go out on a grammatical error.
Bilan almost 11 years ago
At least Alright, Fred would have been better last words than what he finally said.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Alright Said Fred.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
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).
amyhre2001 almost 11 years ago
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.
Snoopy_Fan almost 11 years ago
wcorvi almost 11 years ago
ANY noun can be verbed.
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
Love the floating lemming! Cartoon physics rules OK!
Inkwell Files almost 11 years ago
“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.
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Bon voyage, Bob, you ninny!Congratulations, Fred; you are an admirable, well-schooled lemming (but a suicidal jerk, nonetheless)!
doublepaw almost 11 years ago
How about your/you’re and there/their…….
luvcmx almost 11 years ago
And ‘loose’ for ‘lose’…
jmartin1955 almost 11 years ago
Your welcome – LOL
JudyAz almost 11 years ago
“capital” crimes. The only ones who commit “capitol” crimes are in Congress!
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
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!”
gilmccarthy almost 11 years ago
Fred is seen jumping in the second panel. Somehow he gets back in the jumping line. Huh?
jessegooddoggy almost 11 years ago
Weather-wise, money-wise, food-wise…..when did this form of speech become grammatically accepted at all levels?? It still makes me, like, cringe.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 11 years ago
When Pastis hands us lemmings, should we make lemming-ade?!?
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
All Right, the end result is all the same.
Sportymonk almost 11 years ago
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.
Strod almost 11 years ago
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.
GoodQuestion Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Could be worse, if a hyphen ate him . . . ☻
corzak almost 11 years ago
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.
JohnFredC almost 11 years ago
Ha ha. Maybe Mr. Pastis does read our comments after all.
js almost 11 years ago
That bugs me alot!!!!!
gamer2k4 almost 11 years ago
“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.”
togo1960 almost 11 years ago
“’Alright’ is all wrong.” Thanks, Maris St. Cyr, for a high school English tip that has lasted a lifetime!
hcr1985 almost 11 years ago
Grammar Nazis…even unto the end!!
ncalifgirl58 almost 11 years ago
I think those that feel they are the grammar police should jump off a cliff.
susan.e.a.c almost 11 years ago
Alrighty, then.
ChessPirate almost 11 years ago
This conversation is “literally” making my head explode! :)
HankTheSock almost 11 years ago
I love these strips! xD
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Yes, a living language evolves.
Sherlock Watson almost 11 years ago
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?"
dbmeyer99 almost 11 years ago
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?
knight1192a almost 11 years ago
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.
Snoopy_Fan almost 11 years ago
I suppose “alright” is alright, to distinguish it from “all right,” just as “altogether” is completely different than saying “all together.”
Bill Chapman almost 11 years ago
Randolph Larrabee almost 11 years ago
I love the satire. Someone is committing suicide and all the grammar Nazis’ can think of are language rules. It is pathetic.
Pelahnar almost 11 years ago
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.)
TIMH almost 11 years ago
Languages evolve or die. What constitutes improper English today, may become standard usage in the future.
Tyrnn almost 11 years ago
It’s just a bad a crime to keep perpetuating the myth of Lemmings leaping to their death.
orinoco womble almost 11 years ago
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.
comicsnerd74 about 9 years ago
This is an actual complaint!!
comicsnerd74 about 9 years ago
Isn’t this a common complaint….?
comicsnerd74 about 9 years ago
Great way to turn those stupid Grammar Nazi e-mails into a productive strip.
Elaphe Gutatta almost 9 years ago
Gasp! “Crap” on the comics page! Kids read this section!