One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for April 01, 2024

Maybe your parent is a parrot.

Why don’t they take Ruthie for a hearing test?

Because she is correcting the English people, I used to do the same with my kids.

Norm Crosby would be proud.

NO! Ruthin, like most precious children doesn’t listen properly to people. I think her Mum is correcting her for her own sanity as much as for anyone else.

Sorry Ruthie, not Ruthin(auto check gone wrong)

Maybe her mother isn’t the one with the hearing problem.

I think I see Candy Land (last panel). I recognize the shape of the path.

Seems to remind me about an ad about “Neighbah” and “Neighbor”!!

Mom translates Ruthieisms into English

oh Ruthie, you give me chuckholes, an I get a edache and need an a$$burn when I hear your histories.

Again this strip always shines. Hard work to come up with these gems.

Fossil Arm sounds exactly the same as False Alarm. How could Ruthie’s mom tell them apart?

It’s a listening method. Repeat what the other says to show that you hear them. I use the word correctly in a sentence so as to not sound like a know-it-all.

Being a Mom is also about teaching the use of language – and not just swear words. (I wish I were kidding.)

She’s clearing things up for your readers, Ruthie. :-)