Archive for Linguistics in the comics

Unsportsmanlike Conduct?

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"Hannibal Holiday"

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"David Advanced Plus+"

Stephen Collins' August 14 comic in the Guardian, "Meet David Advance Plus+, genius of toothpaste marketing", starts with these four panels:



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Tariffs

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F.A.N.Y.P.A.C.K.E.

[SORRY for previously writing "the Economist" instead of "the Guardian" "-)…]

Steven Collins' January 9 cartoon from the Guardian starts with a man's sudden displacement after he places a simple fast-food order:


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Caveman linguistics

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Linguistics PhD oral exam?

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FIFA linguistics

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More on Moravec's Paradox

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LLMs, cats, and fig trees

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PhD-level intelligence?

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Implicature of the day

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_ Mode

Today's xkcd:

Mouseover title: "I think I accidentally installed an Overton window in my bedroom. A few months ago, the sun wasn't in my face in the morning, but now it is."

ICYMI: Wikipedia on "Overton Window".

More comically interesting: the menu of "Mode" choices now routinely displayed below the cartoon:

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