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 almost 5 years ago
Gots it, Buck.
MeanBob Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Okay so Bucky writes like the preponderance of Cabbies in a metropolitan area that shall remain unnamed.
rekam Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Bucky writes like Bucky speaks.
catmom1360 almost 5 years ago
Understooded Buck.
stillfickled Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I better not say anything.
rshive almost 5 years ago
Somehow I think Shakespeare is not turning in his grave.
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Try again Oh Pink One ;-)
Cpeckbourlioux almost 5 years ago
This strip IS dialogue gold! I be me it appreciatedly.
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
Terrible grammar yes, but it can be read and does convey the message.
cubswin2016 almost 5 years ago
It looks like Yoda wrote those words.
pengzoid Premium Member almost 5 years ago
It hurts to read that. Silly kitty.
chickenbutt almost 5 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 almost 5 years ago
If we’re gonna’ speak the ‘language that Shakespeare spoke’, bring in the expert. Enter Mac Manc McManx.
jsimpso1 almost 5 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 almost 5 years ago
Why does Bucky have a problem when he writes dialogue? He speaks normally and grammatically (mostly, sometimes anyway)?
BlitzMcD almost 5 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 almost 5 years ago
Yeah, what he said.
victoria2 almost 5 years ago
Bucky was not lucky enough to have Mrs. Pugh for freshman English
ArchAngel4 almost 5 years ago
Sounds like a script for “The Room”.
bpscg almost 5 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 almost 5 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 almost 5 years ago
Check todays Brewster Rocket comments if you really want to get into it.
krisannr.thompson almost 5 years ago
I understand you Bucky. I just gave Mike my shopping list
EdmundBabe almost 5 years ago
And so ends another Presidential press conference
TomB1 almost 5 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….