WHY IS “LENGUAGE” “IGNATZ”?

April 28, 2003 by 6 Comments

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

Update. A link that works as of March 2014 (thanks, Anton!).

Comments

  1. vincent says
    June 2, 2003 at 4:21 pm

    the link is perfecto; To remove the chaff from the world(read the fine print):

  2. language hat says
    June 2, 2003 at 4:46 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.

  3. mario segura says
    December 29, 2003 at 11:22 pm

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

  4. Anton Sherwood says
    March 16, 2014 at 12:36 am

    Found a copy.

  5. languagehat says
    March 16, 2014 at 9:46 am

    Excellent, many thanks! I’ll add it to the post (and hope it lasts).

  6. John Cowan says
    March 16, 2014 at 10:39 am

    Finns seem to mostly talk English these days, and as for people from Oshkosh — no problem.

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