Grammar is for making yourself understood and not appear stupid. Here’s a perfect example from an e-mail I received this morning from my boss: “We new this was coming.” Duh.
Grammar still means something to people who are careful about they say. I wince every time Google forces me to click a button labeled “It was me.” No it wasn’t, “It was I”, doggonit!
If grammar and spelling and the other niceties that compose the body of our language exist to make communication clear and easily understood, why is English so rife with ambiguity and double entendres? French, for example, tends to be much more specific and French native speakers often say things in English that lead to amusement because of the possibility English provides for an off-colour interpretation which would not have existed in French.
Rob should also realize that if language used according to conventions is for understanding and communication, then it makes absolute sense for Bucky to eschew that; Bucky Katt has no interest in the opinions of others so he’s usually talking to himself and thus he can communicate in deviant ways that only he understands….
DennisinSeattle over 4 years ago
Gots it, Buck.
MeanBob Premium Member over 4 years ago
Okay so Bucky writes like the preponderance of Cabbies in a metropolitan area that shall remain unnamed.
rekam Premium Member over 4 years ago
Bucky writes like Bucky speaks.
catmom1360 over 4 years ago
Understooded Buck.
stillfickled Premium Member over 4 years ago
I better not say anything.
rshive over 4 years ago
Somehow I think Shakespeare is not turning in his grave.
Breadboard over 4 years ago
Try again Oh Pink One ;-)
Cpeckbourlioux over 4 years ago
This strip IS dialogue gold! I be me it appreciatedly.
hariseldon59 over 4 years ago
Terrible grammar yes, but it can be read and does convey the message.
cubswin2016 over 4 years ago
It looks like Yoda wrote those words.
pengzoid Premium Member over 4 years ago
It hurts to read that. Silly kitty.
chickenbutt over 4 years ago
Grammar is for making yourself understood and not appear stupid. Here’s a perfect example from an e-mail I received this morning from my boss: “We new this was coming.” Duh.
Ferret-Fever over 4 years ago
If we’re gonna’ speak the ‘language that Shakespeare spoke’, bring in the expert. Enter Mac Manc McManx.
jsimpso1 over 4 years ago
I dunno for me it’s more like, “I’m constantly having to correct my cat’s grammar.”“Wait, you have a cat that can talk?”
Ray Helvy Premium Member over 4 years ago
Why does Bucky have a problem when he writes dialogue? He speaks normally and grammatically (mostly, sometimes anyway)?
BlitzMcD over 4 years ago
Yet Bucky’s grammar is relatively impeccable in the first panel. And right on the money as well, for that matter.
Calvins Brother over 4 years ago
Yeah, what he said.
victoria2 over 4 years ago
Bucky was not lucky enough to have Mrs. Pugh for freshman English
ArchAngel4 over 4 years ago
Sounds like a script for “The Room”.
bpscg over 4 years ago
The second panel is one of those rare things that make you laugh even when you see it for the eighteenth time.
mistercatworks over 4 years ago
Grammar still means something to people who are careful about they say. I wince every time Google forces me to click a button labeled “It was me.” No it wasn’t, “It was I”, doggonit!
Jayalexander over 4 years ago
Check todays Brewster Rocket comments if you really want to get into it.
krisannr.thompson over 4 years ago
I understand you Bucky. I just gave Mike my shopping list
EdmundBabe over 4 years ago
And so ends another Presidential press conference
TomB1 over 4 years ago
If grammar and spelling and the other niceties that compose the body of our language exist to make communication clear and easily understood, why is English so rife with ambiguity and double entendres? French, for example, tends to be much more specific and French native speakers often say things in English that lead to amusement because of the possibility English provides for an off-colour interpretation which would not have existed in French.
Rob should also realize that if language used according to conventions is for understanding and communication, then it makes absolute sense for Bucky to eschew that; Bucky Katt has no interest in the opinions of others so he’s usually talking to himself and thus he can communicate in deviant ways that only he understands….