Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 16, 1979

Transcript:

Duane: See, Rick, in its way, mellow-speak is a remarkably economical dialect. What Dr. Asher has done is reduce language to only its most essential components. Here, I'll show you. Give me a line to translate. Rick: How about this... "the moon like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night." Duane: William Blake, right? Okay, let's see... in mellow-speak, that would be... "Oh, wow, look at the moon." Rick: Duane, we've got to talk.