Today’s Zippy: So the strip is “about” hair(s), but it’s also “about” How ’bout them Cubbies? (On a personal hair and holiday note: I’m watching Hairspray for Mothers Day.) 1. Speech acts. Let’s start with How about those Cubs? — illustrating an idiomatic construction in which a sentence in the form of an information question … Continue reading How ’bout them Cubbies?