June 12, 2017 @ 5:00 am · Filed by Mark Liberman 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 Mark Liberman under Linguistics in the comics
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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"…]
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.
John Spevacek said,
June 12, 2017 @ 6:06 am
It all started with Han…
James said,
June 12, 2017 @ 6:10 am
It's "dannng"
(No 'i')
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).
Martha said,
June 13, 2017 @ 1:20 pm
I would have spelled it "daaang," myself.
leoboiko said,
June 14, 2017 @ 4:23 pm
Clearly a matter of [dɑŋːːː] vs. [dɑːːːŋ].
Martha said,
June 14, 2017 @ 8:36 pm
Would anyone say [dɑŋːːː], though? I wouldn't.
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.