Dialect in the comics

Don Piraro takes on the tensing and diphongization of [ε] in some Southern American dialects:

(with a zeugmoid play on the verb pronounce).

(Thanks to Nancy Friedman for reminding me of the cartoon, which I let pass by without saving.)

One Response to “Dialect in the comics”

  1. Ron Butters Says:

    Dennis Preston is the expert on dialect in the comics.

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