Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for February 11, 2010
February 10, 2010
February 12, 2010
Transcript:
Gracie: Yes. Baldo: You're reading the dictionary? Gracie: Yes. Baldo: All 500 pages? Baldo: Isn't it boring? are you for real? What word are you on? Gracie: 'Annoying.'
It’s very nice to find other people who enjoy reading the dictionary. I sleep with mine in my coffin in the hopes that I will learn even more by osmosis. It did take a while for my teddy bear to come to terms with sharing though.
I agree with bald 716. She may be reading the Oxford English Dictionary. The 1989 edition didn’t quite have a separate volume for each letter, though; it was only 20 volumes, not 26…
Out of my 484-page VOX Modern Spanish/English Dictionary, the most interesting word I came across is “navideño.” I’ll use it a sentence:
El diccionario del cual estuve hablando era un regalo navideño en Dos Mil Uno (the dictionary I was talking about was a Christmas gift in Two Thousand One).
carmy over 14 years ago
Gracie, does it have Baldo’s picture next to the word?
Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago
It’s very nice to find other people who enjoy reading the dictionary. I sleep with mine in my coffin in the hopes that I will learn even more by osmosis. It did take a while for my teddy bear to come to terms with sharing though.
LibrarianInTraining over 14 years ago
My grandfather used to make me read the encyclopedia every summer. I got as far as the G’s before I gave up.
Still, I learned a lot. :)
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
Wait until she moves on to the Spanish dictionary!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
I know exactly what you mean, Gracie!
bald over 14 years ago
each letter has it’s own book that is why she is in the middle
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
oh, snap!
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
I agree with bald 716. She may be reading the Oxford English Dictionary. The 1989 edition didn’t quite have a separate volume for each letter, though; it was only 20 volumes, not 26…
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
Gracie has started with A in the dictionary book and found the word “annoying” for Baldo to be called or offended.
Templo S.U.D. over 14 years ago
Out of my 484-page VOX Modern Spanish/English Dictionary, the most interesting word I came across is “navideño.” I’ll use it a sentence:
El diccionario del cual estuve hablando era un regalo navideño en Dos Mil Uno (the dictionary I was talking about was a Christmas gift in Two Thousand One).
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
“Then there are instructions on how to use the dictionary at the front but no page numbers are included.”
Why don’t you count them and get back to us? Enquiring minds want to know.
Atanwat 9 months ago
The authors re-used this same joke just one year later, see: Https://www.gocomics.COM/baldo/2011/02/21