Hi! This is why I’m afraid of heights- because you never know when somebody is going to drop you from them when you ask them to. I know, I know, “Why do you ask them to?” That’s not the point. The point is that no matter how many times I look at the word “crocheted,” I never read it in my mind the way it’s supposed to be pronounced. And sometimes it pulls me right out of the story, because I stumble over the word and lose my immersion in the text. It’s like:
“Brian continued to kick pieces of mutton over his grandmother’s clown mask as she threw machetes in his general direction. No matter how hard he kicked, his grandmother kept growing, growing, growing, until the entire world became one giant ball of grandmother, and the increasing mass started rolling toward the sun. Brian pulled out his supplies and crocheted a cloth sun-shield as fast as he could-”
–and I think, “Augh! I was so into this story and that stupid word pulled me out of it! I always read it as ‘Crotch-it-ed’ instead of ‘Cro-shayed’! This otherwise great story is ruined!”
All I’m saying is, much like when you’re in a hot-air balloon with Lord Werriam, choose your words carefully. Just say “knitted” next time, and let me continue reading about Brian’s battle in peace.
Hey new people! How about perusing a previous storyline? May I suggest the Island CEOs? This strip is not all pirates and hot-air balloons. No, it makes much, much less sense than that.
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Lovely. And now the word crocheted is ruined for me…forever. Oh, nice strip too!
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Thanks! The word has never seemed right to me. Probably one of the top "I just can't read this right" spellings, right above the word "debuted."
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You got stumbled on "crotcheted", I was reading that entire story saying what the hell. haha
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I wrote the story snippet last night on a mixture of lack-of-sleep and too-much-caffeine! A few adjustments and I think it could contend for the Pulitzer, if I do say so myself.
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watch that first step….
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If I'm up in the sky in a balloon, I'm not watching anything. I'm cowering in the corner of the basket with my eyes closed.
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Whenever I saw the word Armageddon, my mind always wanted to pronounce it "Ar-mega-don". I figured something that big had to be "mega", right? I'll get it fixed one day. Nice strip, by the way. The fall will be okay, it's the landing he's gotta worry about.
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"Ar-mega-don" sounds like a mixture of a Transformer and a dinosaur. Which would be awesome.
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Maybe with a bit of singing pirates thrown in
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Lol. Well – request granted! Might need some Aspirin after that.
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…and an ice pack or five. We'll see.
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Hahahahaha! great strip! thanx for the future reference!
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Hey no problem! It's a bit of a public service announcement, for the good of all people in hot-air balloons who wish to be "safely lowered in altitude until the balloon comes to a light and secure landing on soft ground to the benefit of all on board who wish to exit the basket and walk away unscathed." Unless "on board" could be misintrepreted. Man, speaking literally is difficult!
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I can't get the image of Brian kicking pieces of mutton over Grandma's clown mask out of my head. So thanks for that.
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You learn something new every day. And sometimes learning just means having a new image burned into your brain, as useless as the image might be. Picture something specific, like the mutton stains on Brian's white shoes, and the image really sticks.
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I totally read the first "crotcheted" as crotch-it-ed and was like "what does that mean?" so we are in the same boat
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Good to know I'm not alone! I think they should suspend the rules of spelling and just re-spell the past tense form of "crochet" to something else. The word already lends itself to mispronunciation as it is, let alone adding an "ed" that just makes it all the more confusing.
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Excellent! I should've seen that one coming. Also, that hover-pop-up comic is a nice touch! Damn geese…
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Oh yes, I drive through a university campus filled with ponds on the way to work, and my brother used to be a greenskeeper at a golf course, filled with them. We have learned that geese are evil. Few things are as suprisingly frightening as being chased by a hissing goose with wings a-flapping.
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I'm seriously loving your comic.
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Hey Ryan, that's awesome! Thanks for the compliment. Glad you like it
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Exit – Straight down – Terminal velocity may apply….
It's never then fall that kills you, it's always the sudden Deceleration….
Good Strip!
: )
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Hah, sudden deceleration- I like that term. Much more intellectual-sounding than "splat."
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oops.
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…to say the least.
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You just reminded me how much I hate that word… D:
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Yes, but is knitted “nitted” or “kenitted”…?