3704: Linguistics with Liz: Radishes of Our Ancient Forbearers
| Linguistics with Liz: Radishes of Our Ancient Forbearers |
 Made by: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
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The author writes:[edit | edit source]
A paleolinguistic twist on an old, old meme. Garfield is quite the philologist, I gather. Also, cuneiform is a writing system, not a language (the text is in Akkadian). This is because Jon must be is subconsciously aware that he is in a comic strip and is seeing rather than hearing words. Also because it's funnier to write "𒀜𒋫ð’𒊌𒇻" than it is to write "AD.TA BU.UG.LU."
Original strip: 2017-11-17.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: þū eart ǣnne hrædic
Jon: I will never understand Old English
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: ×¤×•×œ×’× ×× ×ª
Jon: I will never understand Judeo-Aramaic
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: 𒀜𒋫ð’𒊌𒇻
Jon: I will never understand cuneiform
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: ΡΑΦΑÎΙΣ ΕΙ ΟΥ
Jon: I will never understand Ancient Greek
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Trivia[edit | edit source]
This strip's transcript and author's notes were hit with mojibake errors in a later site recoding effort; the original transcript and author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.
