Solo

June 12, 2017 @ 5:00 am · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

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Today's SMBC:

Mouseover title: "Dream big, guys."

The aftercomic:

June 12, 2017 @ 5:00 am · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics


9 Comments

  1. Simon Fodden said,

    June 12, 2017 @ 5:52 am

    I'm interested in the use of "danning" as a response, presumably positive or emphatic. Neither of the current definitions in the Urban Dictionary seems to apply to this use.

    [(myl) Another victim of the "CLINT Effect"…]

  2. Vincent Henriksen said,

    June 12, 2017 @ 6:04 am

    I'm pretty sure it just says "Dannng". I was tricked in the beginning as well.

  3. John Spevacek said,

    June 12, 2017 @ 6:06 am

    It all started with Han…

  4. James said,

    June 12, 2017 @ 6:10 am

    It's "dannng"

    (No 'i')

  5. Noam said,

    June 12, 2017 @ 8:46 am

    It's even more impressive with "free solo": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_solo_climbing (sorry, not sure how to embed a clickable URL).

  6. Martha said,

    June 13, 2017 @ 1:20 pm

    I would have spelled it "daaang," myself.

  7. leoboiko said,

    June 14, 2017 @ 4:23 pm

    Clearly a matter of [dɑŋːːː] vs. [dɑːːːŋ].

  8. Martha said,

    June 14, 2017 @ 8:36 pm

    Would anyone say [dɑŋːːː], though? I wouldn't.

  9. Arthur Baker said,

    June 17, 2017 @ 12:54 am

    The US women's soccer team is very impressive, especially the goalkeeper. Hope she is solo.

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