April 28, 2003

WHY IS "LENGUAGE" "IGNATZ"?

"Language" is, that we may understand one another. Is that so? The brilliant George Harriman, courtesy of the tireless y2karl (via MetaFilter).

Posted by languagehat at April 28, 2003 10:42 AM
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the link is perfecto; To remove the chaff from the world(read the fine print):

Posted by: vincent at June 2, 2003 04:21 PM

Oy gevalt. Well, the link is kaputto, so you can't see the actual comic any more, but here's the dialog:

- Krazy: why is 'lenguage', Ignatz?
- Ignatz: "language" is, that we may understand one another
- is that so?
- yes, that's so.
- can you unda-stend a finn or a leplender or a oshkosher; huh?
- no.
- can a finn, or a leplender, or a oshkosher, unda-stend you?
- no.
- then, I would say, lenguage is, that we may mis-unda-stend each udda.

Posted by: language hat at June 2, 2003 04:46 PM

nesesito ke pongan este programa para mi en espaņol porke se muy
pokito ingles porfis

Posted by: mario segura at December 29, 2003 11:22 PM