Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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goblue562 said, 4 months ago
It’s English, but it ain’t.
solarrhino said, 4 months ago
…because they had a f.l.a.t.?
Randy_B
said, 4 months ago
@GoldenRoya
She also responded with fervour and ardour.
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
A tripthong (y + silent r + e = ai-uh (should have a schwa here, but can’t type one on my keyboard)). versus a mere diphthong (long i + silent e = ai).
I bet Caulfield knows that, too.
thebird55 said, 4 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Copy the schwa from your computer’s character map.
Richard S. Russell said, 4 months ago
@thebird55
Or from here: ǝ
furrykef said, 4 months ago
@solarrhino
you say “a eff”, not “an eff”?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
Theatre vs. theater. (Although we use the first spelling in American English for a different meaning, that of a wartime front.)
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
Just remember: “The English and the Americans are two peoples separated by a common language!”
George Bernard Shaw.
“In some places English completely disappears. Why, in America, they haven’t used it for years!”
Professor Henry Higgins.
AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago
In England, they used to “draft” people into the military. Those soldiers would go to the pub to get “draught” beer.
J Ba said, 4 months ago
What about the Welsh, Scots, and Irish?
Tacopielvr said, 4 months ago
Had English neighbors for 15 years, loved the difference in the language, but even after all those years I could still totally lose the meanings of what they were saying, lol.
Katiekicks said, 4 months ago
My friend and I were just discussing this last night…
David Rickard said, 4 months ago
@J Ba, A good proportion are bi-lingual but most speak English, unfortunately their native languages are struggling.
What I don’t get is why Americans call their language English and then spell words differently. Why not just call it American? You can spell things how you like then.
Toodle-pip!
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
@thebird55
and Richard S
Thank you – I will be like a thing possessed from now on
ǝǝǝǝǝǝǝ – Oh, joy!