Thursday, January 27, 2000: Shouting heads

[NonsenseWords]

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[Simba Cub]

Cute



Rich::

[Maggot Brain]

Does "nominayshun" imply that he just spells it incorrectly or that he actually says it wrong too? but saying that sounds exactly the same as it always does. I'd be impressed if he managed to actually make the word sound different by saying it like that. Man, the whole implications of that are baffling.

[Tom_Radigan]

Does "nominayshun" imply that he just spells it incorrectly or that he actually says it wrong too? but saying that sounds exactly the same as it always does. I'd be impressed if he managed to actually make the word sound different by saying it like that. Man, the whole implications of that are baffling.

Since Timulty is just a tyke, it would be safe to assume he simply has trouble repeating such big words.

[Maggot Brain]

Since Timulty is just a tyke, it would be safe to assume he simply has trouble repeating such big words.

Say "nomination" and "nominayshun". They sound exactly the same, so he obviously knows damn well how to pronounce the word. I think we know by now that he can't really spell, so maybe that was the implication, but I fail to see how that would work into his speech considering that he pronounces the word correctly.

And yes, I am going to make a big deal out of this.

[Æron]

I thought those were drunk bubbles around Timulty at first.

[Bocaj Claw]

The unintended irony of this strip is that horse race-style coverage of campaigns, like what Millie's reading in the first panel, is a big part of why most people are uninformed about real issues of policy. Or maybe that was my point and the irony is deliberate. I'm not sure now.

[NonsenseWords]

Since Timulty is just a tyke, it would be safe to assume he simply has trouble repeating such big words.

Say "nomination" and "nominayshun". They sound exactly the same, so he obviously knows damn well how to pronounce the word. I think we know by now that he can't really spell, so maybe that was the implication, but I fail to see how that would work into his speech considering that he pronounces the word correctly.

And yes, I am going to make a big deal out of this.

I think the way it's supposed to be read is that he's saying the word very slowly, low how a small child would read a word phonetically; he says it properly, but it takes him longer to tie all of the syllables together.


\/\/\/ Yeah; on a re-read, it says "nonimayshun" and not "nominayshun". So there's that, too.

[Muninn]

Say "nomination" and "nominayshun". They sound exactly the same, so he obviously knows damn well how to pronounce the word. I think we know by now that he can't really spell, so maybe that was the implication, but I fail to see how that would work into his speech considering that he pronounces the word correctly.

And yes, I am going to make a big deal out of this.

He's saying it wrong though. Read carefully, he's saying "nonimayshun".

Furthermore he may be pronouncing it differently, like rhyming the last syllable with sun.

[Cactus Jack]

Since Timulty is just a tyke, it would be safe to assume he simply has trouble repeating such big words.

Say "nomination" and "nominayshun". They sound exactly the same, so he obviously knows damn well how to pronounce the word. I think we know by now that he can't really spell, so maybe that was the implication, but I fail to see how that would work into his speech considering that he pronounces the word correctly.

And yes, I am going to make a big deal out of this.

You argument is sound except for the part where those two words aren't pronounced the same.

[Maggot Brain]

You argument is sound except for the part where those two words aren't pronounced the same.

nom·i·na·tion
  /ˌnɒməˈneɪʃən/ [nom-uh-ney-shuhn]

EDIT: oh wait, I just noticed he really does say it wrong. My bad.