Abby and Norma #455
01 June, 2009 - Posted by: erika
And when an "e" comes before a "g," it's usually either a long "e" before a hard "g" or a short "e" before a soft "g." That explains the "vee" part.
In other news, yesterday was my last day as a 27-year-old. Too bad. I liked 27; it was a nice cube number, three to the power of itself (1000 in base 3). I'll miss it.
28 is a pretty good number too, I guess. But I'm still looking forward to 29, which is the next time I can start joking about being in the prime of life.
TEXT OF COMIC:
I'm not going to say the word "vegan" any more.
You're not?
Well, not that way. I'm going to pronounce it "vedge-an."
I mean, why should it be pronounced "vee-gan" when the words "vegetable" and "vegetarian" are both pronounced with a soft "g"?
Because the words "vegetable" and "vegetarian" both have an "e" after the "g." When a "g" comes before an "e" or an "i," it's soft. When it comes before an "a," "o" or "u," it's hard.
What about the words "get" and "give"?
Exceptions to the rule.
If I don't allow exceptions to my dietary rules, I'm not going to allow exceptions to my linguistic rules either.
Then you don't get to speak English.
Colin - 01 June, 2009 - 10:34:03
1+2+4+7+14 = 28.
6 is also a perfect number, but you'll never be one again barring enormous technological advances (the next one is 496). So in that way, 28 is even more special than being prime.