Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 27, 2006
November 26, 2006
November 28, 2006
Transcript:
"Check this out: 'I'm through, though, with that rough cough.'" "It's like, let's use the same group of letters to spell out four different sounds..." "Sounds that are already spelled by other, less stupidly complicated strings!" "English was made by morons." "Nough, nough."
No New Wars over 10 years ago
through —> threwthough —> ? thowe?rough —> ruffcough —> ? coff?
98% of females about 10 years ago
GroupOutFourSounds
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
There is a collection of early writings by Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss called “The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs The Dough”. (And we haven’t addressed words like “hiccough”.)
tincansailor39 about 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZV40f0cXF4
Jhony-Yermo almost 2 years ago
TROUGTH too!
koalaperson about 1 year ago
Most languages have some weird, silly rules. English isn’t alone. Some people are just determined to hate everything of European (particularly British) origin. Yes, I know that English borrowed words and elements of its structure from other languages. People hate the Greeks, Romans, and French, too; they are/were European after all.
DKHenderson 22 days ago
Wonder if Caulfield has ever seen “My Fair Lady” and Henry Higgins’ rant?