Something I’ve been meaning to ask Dave. So Tehk is living with his uncle and aunt, and it was implied they were Te Fahn’s parents. But in the strips we’ve seen of them, they look nothing alike. So are Tehk’s guardians a third sibling to Tehk’s father? And will we ever find out what happened to Benny’s sister?
The vertical continues unbroken from top to bottom while the horizontal bars never continue past it. This makes the horizontal line kinda feel more important than the horizontal ones. So yeah, I breafly thought of that possibility too before deciding the left to right was still the more probable order.
Kinda sounds like one of those lies that get told to kids to make them not do certain things that the adults don’t care to actually explain.
Also, comics layout is an art, and getting the eye to go where it’s meant to go is a big part of that. There are various techniques to accomplish that, including the placement of gutters but also the layout of elements within each panel. This page being rather spartan with the background details means there’s no additional elements helping out.
The fact that I’m reading it on a rather small computer monitor and could only see the top half of the comic at first is probably the only reason I read it correctly the first time. Vertical pages on horizontal screens is an interesting technological limitation that also needs to be taken into account.
Reminds me of my Venezuelan ex-wife teaching me to cuss a little. There’s a word that’s apparently pretty mild in Latin America. Then when we traveled to Spain I used it casually and she looked horrified and said “You can’t say that here!!!”
In Puertorico, the “evil N word” is used constantly. White people, black people, brown people, it doesn’t matter. Think of a Dave Chappelle routine – he says it like you might say friend or buddy. Same thing.
My daughter and her boyfriend were flying up for the holidays, and as the plane is coming in for a landing in Atlanta she turns to him and says, “Do NOT say that word while we are up here!!”
Also, I’m sure Te Fahn would love to know Selkie has also taught Amanda some Sarnothi insults. Yes, yes. Selkie’s been very proactive in presenting aspects of Sarnothi culture to those interested. :3
Does tend to be the phrases people learn first. Along with ‘Where is the bathroom?’ and ‘One more round.’ Though maybe that was just the priorities at my high school.
Something I’ve been meaning to ask Dave. So Tehk is living with his uncle and aunt, and it was implied they were Te Fahn’s parents. But in the strips we’ve seen of them, they look nothing alike. So are Tehk’s guardians a third sibling to Tehk’s father? And will we ever find out what happened to Benny’s sister?
The question is, if it’s that bad, how did she learn it? And does she know what it means?
Dunno if anyone else had this problem, but the layout made me think “Uh how bad is it?” was to be read second, rather than fourth.
The vertical continues unbroken from top to bottom while the horizontal bars never continue past it. This makes the horizontal line kinda feel more important than the horizontal ones. So yeah, I breafly thought of that possibility too before deciding the left to right was still the more probable order.
Kinda sounds like one of those lies that get told to kids to make them not do certain things that the adults don’t care to actually explain.
Also, comics layout is an art, and getting the eye to go where it’s meant to go is a big part of that. There are various techniques to accomplish that, including the placement of gutters but also the layout of elements within each panel. This page being rather spartan with the background details means there’s no additional elements helping out.
The fact that I’m reading it on a rather small computer monitor and could only see the top half of the comic at first is probably the only reason I read it correctly the first time. Vertical pages on horizontal screens is an interesting technological limitation that also needs to be taken into account.
She learned it because she heard her mother say it. Probably a lot more than once.
Plo’Quar had plenty of reasons to swear when Selkie was little. It may be a miracle Selkie isn’t more fluent in “Sarnothi cussing” than she is.
Reminds me of my Venezuelan ex-wife teaching me to cuss a little. There’s a word that’s apparently pretty mild in Latin America. Then when we traveled to Spain I used it casually and she looked horrified and said “You can’t say that here!!!”
I wonder if that’s similar case to the word c**t, severity of which varies wildly between different English speaking countries.
Or if they are just generally more accustomed to cussing in Latin America than in Spain.
In Puertorico, the “evil N word” is used constantly. White people, black people, brown people, it doesn’t matter. Think of a Dave Chappelle routine – he says it like you might say friend or buddy. Same thing.
My daughter and her boyfriend were flying up for the holidays, and as the plane is coming in for a landing in Atlanta she turns to him and says, “Do NOT say that word while we are up here!!”
Selkie, a mild opponent of everlasting torment.
Also, I’m sure Te Fahn would love to know Selkie has also taught Amanda some Sarnothi insults. Yes, yes. Selkie’s been very proactive in presenting aspects of Sarnothi culture to those interested. :3
Does tend to be the phrases people learn first. Along with ‘Where is the bathroom?’ and ‘One more round.’ Though maybe that was just the priorities at my high school.