Comments on: Random Artwork

By: Rachel (admiralshazbot)

Rachel (admiralshazbot) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:24:00 +0000

"If you want to pronounce the prefix correctly, you will have to pronounce it 'oor-', like in 'moor' or 'boor'."

Source: some guy on Google Answers.

It seems I've been pronouncing it incorrectly in my brain--I always thought it rhymed with "fur."

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:59 +0000

"Aren't I adorable?"

Yes. Yes, you are. (At least *I* think so...)

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:58 +0000

1) The hedgehog IS cute -- Cuteness Personified!!

2) That's Dave in line all right, with Mel and Helen. The girl behind him looks suspiciously like his college girlfriend.

3) Is that Dave Barker standing between Shaenon and Andrew? If so, that sad expression on Andrew's face may not result entirely from the propect of being consumed.

By: Matt Katinas (nidoking)

Matt Katinas (nidoking) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:57 +0000

Hey, that IS the Narbonic cast in line!

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:56 +0000

Look at it this way: One era has ended.

Now another begins.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:55 +0000

"Heavy Petting Zoo: Nice chicks, Shaenon. Heavy petting only 50c?

Infinite Buffet: If I were Mr. Barker, I'd hesitate, too. Is that dave, about sixth back in line?

Self-portrait: No, you are not adorable. You are cute. An evil cartoonist should know the difference."
--Ed Wells, 19 Nov. 2001.

By: Daniel Ross (nentuaby)

Daniel Ross (nentuaby) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:54 +0000

It's oo-roo-gwy, but if you say yoo-roo(/rah)-gway don't sweat it that much... That's basically the English language name, it's less like asking for a plate of fa-gee-tas than like calling deutschland 'germany.'

As for the prefix ur-... I honestly have no clue. I looked it up in no less than three dictionaries, and for some maddening reason none of them had pronunciation guides. It's from German, though, so let that guide you if it means anything to you.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:53 +0000

. . . ditto.

By: Chris Brunner (cjbrunner)

Chris Brunner (cjbrunner) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:52 +0000

Uhh… I think I just learned that I’ve been pronouncing Uruguay wrong for many years now.

By: Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight)

Justin Grubbs (the_purple_knight) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:51 +0000

I have a question. Is ur-gerbil pronounced like urchin or uruguay?