"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 AMthe link is perfecto; To remove the chaff from the world(read the fine print):
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.
nesesito ke pongan este programa para mi en espaņol porke se muy
pokito ingles porfis