Hot Dogs – The Jenkins
Hot Dogs – The Jenkins
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I feel like I'm missing the joke. Is this a reference to something?
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To be honest, I was hoping someone would link to the reference. Maybe the joke is how ridiculous this would be when spoken out loud vs. text
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glizzies
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Thought this was an edit of another comic but apparently it's the original comic lol
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If you haven't seen this, I'm sorry and you're welcome.
(SFW)
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That boy ain't right.
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80 HDs. In one sitting.
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I like how supportive their neighbor is being
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My head canon is that this was actually just supposed to be a funny name for a grilling enthusiast club until the red shirted guy showed up, and that's why everybody else is wearing those green shirts with hoooooooooooooooetc.
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Weird observation: This comic appears to be using a rule I like regarding repeating vowels in words. That being if the word has one vowel in a place, that it should always be replaced by an odd number of the same vowel if a lengthening of that vowel is to be implied. Likewise, an even number, usually double-e or double-o, should always be an even number.
So a dooooog might howl at the moooooon, but a doooog can't howl at the mooon because that implies a doog howling at the mon, whatever the heck that means.
Anyway, panel three has odd numbers of O's in both words, which is what I'm basing my observation on. Panel four is inconclusive.
(This rule need not apply to shortening a word)
And while we’re on this point, I hate it when someone says “fuckkkkk youuu” cause that shit’s pronounced “fuck-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh.” The vowel’s what’s being elongated, not the consonant.
But yes, the vowels in the middle need to be doubled correctly, high five.
You definitely can elongate the consonant. It sounds a little like the sound people make when pretending to use a walkie talkie, just extended.
You should run for president. You've already got my vote.
What's your opinion on lengthening the word "no"?
I'm against it in all circumstances. Nothing ruins a dramatic moment in a comic than a character shouting "nooo!" - in my head it always rhymes with "moo".
You'll hate me for this, but I semi-frequently write my extended no as nuuuuu to specifically target a rhymes-with-moo read.
There's always the method used for held lyrics under the staves on sheet music; namely: expand the repeats with hyphens (or en or em dashes if you're feeling fancy / like an AI).
You can still incorporate this odd / even rule too: No -> No - o - o; Moon -> Moo - oo - oon
There might need to be extra hyphens before and after surrounding consonants according to taste. I haven't pinned down my own preference yet.
At a push, there need be no repeats of any letters and the whole extension is done with hyphens or dashes and long spaces: e.g. Spoon -> Sp — — o — — o — — n.
Subtitler @mcqtom@lemmy.world elsewhere in the comments might like to experiment with this method too.
An interesting idea. I've been writing subtitles for a TV show recently and I'm going to check to see if I follow your rule.
But more often than not, I just stick with the default number of letters for easy reading.
Thank you for being a captioner! Idk how ppl pick descriptive words for music in cool ways like I've seen, but I think it's great