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| Comic for 15 October 2012; And the linguist had a hook for a hand | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 15 2012, 03:57 PM (289 Views) | |
| Minivet | Oct 15 2012, 03:57 PM Post #1 |
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Hm. So they're trying to find Clarice through the arm - probably the lab that made it. Speedy is reminding me of the saying, "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy." Edited by Minivet, Oct 15 2012, 04:01 PM.
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| Jordan | Oct 15 2012, 11:35 PM Post #2 |
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Substantive points aside: that last panel had me squealing with delight. Writing for Speedy must be so hard and yet so rewarding. |
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| Otter | Oct 17 2012, 02:15 PM Post #3 |
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I'm glad it went over well with linguists. That panel killed me. It's why I missed last Thursday. Because it sounds good but if you really parse it out, it makes no sense! Linguists search first, then triangulate for location, and I can't remember the last time a linguist was the vanguard of any form of attack. I guess maybe you could argue neocolonization through assimilation but then there's the whole bit where bringing that up is like slapping a linguist straight across their face. Didn't want that to happen. I decided to run with it because (a) deadline and (b) he's talking to the OACET in-house team of assassins so I guess you could say he's speaking on their level. |
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| Jordan | Oct 21 2012, 08:32 PM Post #4 |
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Personally, I found it so back-slappingly, choke-on-my-mid-morning-cuppa funny because it was so unexpected. I thought it through a couple of times and couldn't make much sense of it in the context of actual linguistics and gave up, perfectly satisfied. (Although good gravy, relating it to neo-colonialism is awesome.) Totes worth missing Thursday for, IMO.
Edited by Jordan, Oct 21 2012, 08:34 PM.
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| Jordan | Oct 29 2012, 02:31 PM Post #5 |
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Oh yeah, forgot to say: looks like we'll get to find out who Hirose is pretty soon.
Edited by Jordan, Oct 29 2012, 02:31 PM.
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