Saturday Morning Breakfast Plurals

May 2, 2025 @ 6:26 pm · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

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SMBC from a couple of days ago:

The mouseover title: "I settled this years ago and it's pronounced hyeef."

The aftercomic:

The next day, we learn about the invisible hand of the market making out with the long arm of the law, post-apocalyptically.

And after that, we see how Facebook will improve our user experience.

May 2, 2025 @ 6:26 pm · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics


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  1. GH said,

    May 3, 2025 @ 1:44 am

    What is Language Log's take on this one?

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477622-tom-gauld-on-grammatical-voices-for-use-in-scientific-writing/

  2. Mark Liberman said,

    May 3, 2025 @ 4:18 am

    @GH: "What is Language Log's take on this one?"

    They got active/passive right, and the rest of it is clever:

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