Lunch order

May 8, 2017 @ 6:54 am · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

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Today's xkcd:

Mouseover title: "GO FOR LUNCH, REPEAT, GO FOR LUNCH."

May 8, 2017 @ 6:54 am · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics


7 Comments

  1. Mark Meckes said,

    May 8, 2017 @ 8:36 am

    I had to read it twice to get the joke. The human brain's autocorrect feature seems to be more context-sensitive than the electronic versions.

  2. Seonachan said,

    May 8, 2017 @ 9:14 am

    Those of us who grew up watching silly American kids tv shows in the 70s will remember this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr_e1lk6Tnk

  3. m said,

    May 8, 2017 @ 12:46 pm

    My grandmother had a strong Yiddish accent, and her daughters joked because she would tell them she was going to a "launching." (Obviously that's a women's event at around noon that involves a light meal.)

  4. Dagwood said,

    May 8, 2017 @ 4:11 pm

    Cuban sandwich crisis!

  5. David Morris said,

    May 9, 2017 @ 7:38 am

    So what happens next time when they really mean to say 'We're ready for lunch whenever you are'?

  6. Michael said,

    May 9, 2017 @ 1:26 pm

    I suppose that Randall is a little too young to remember the "Far Out Space Nuts." Otherwise that mouseover title would have explicitly mentioned it.

  7. Rebecca said,

    May 10, 2017 @ 3:37 am

    So did they send them the foot long or 6" subs?

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