Grains of Sand August 3rd

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:22 am

http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20070803.html

Millie seems to be attacking the world of prepackaged phrases.

Personally, I never shake a stick at anything in groups larger than twenty. Just to be on the safe side.

Mista_B · Postby **Mista_B** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:30 am

"To hold the universe in a grain of sand, infinity in an hour."

Also, heh, I suppose the ocean could be considered a puddle - a very, very large one that would be difficult to run though, but still, a puddle.

Sage · Postby **Sage** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:33 am

"No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood"

"Tho."

Ozy... how could you?

Also... ummm... is she sure she's shaking the stick at it and not flailing it?

CreamCrazy · Postby **CreamCrazy** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:44 am

LOL! That strip was one of the funniest of the more recent strips posted

nickspoon · Postby **nickspoon** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:01 am

"Tho."

Ozy... how could you?

I was thinking the same thing but it's probably because 'though' doesn't fit

gforce422 · Postby **gforce422** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:10 pm

"Tho."

Ozy... how could you?
I was thinking the same thing but it's probably because 'though' doesn't fit

Yeah, he would have had to write in size four type or something.

I'm really liking this series!

monkeyangst · Postby **monkeyangst** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:14 pm

Pretty sure the "nice ____ tho" is a Bloom County homage.

Can't recall exactly which strip, tho.

Kyler Thatch · Postby **Kyler Thatch** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:46 pm

You couldn't possibly shake a stick at every single grain of sand, can you?

Chris · Postby **Chris** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:49 pm

MEGA LOL

Tom Flapwell · Postby **Tom Flapwell** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:59 pm

I'm very glad Ozy said "tho." I'm all for the acceptance of that spelling, which is half as long, does not get confused with "through" and similar words, and skips the awful "ugh."

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:09 pm

That one rich guy, y'know Carnegie, wanted to reform the english language so it was more phoeneticized so "though" would be "tho" for example. But all the english professors laughed in his rich iron magnate face and told him that would be dumbing down the language. At which point he used his money to establish public libraries.

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:14 pm

"Through" and "though" are some of the oddest spellings in the English language. They take four letters to make one sound, and half of them aren't even vowels! Eddie Izzard did a joke about it... he was like "T-H-R-U"... "Hey let's add an O in there" "Huh? Oh, all right" "And a G" "Wait, what?" "And an H" "OK now this is just ridiculous!"

CodeCat · Postby **CodeCat** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:21 pm

They make sense if you look at where they came from. Compare the English spellings to the German ones:

through - durch
though - doch

You see the gh - ch pairs? That gh was originally pronounced as it was spelled, like a soft 'k' or 'g' sound, same as it still is in German.

VolkswagenFox · Postby **VolkswagenFox** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:41 pm

I'm bilingual and never noticed that before.

You learn new things all the time I guess.

dcsimpson · Postby **dcsimpson** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:49 pm

Pretty sure the "nice ____ tho" is a Bloom County homage.

Can't recall exactly which strip, tho.

Actually, that's exactly right. Well spotted.

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