Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 28, 2012

Pig, lighten up already.

…..all we are saying….is give pizza chance

Occupy Lunch Counter.

Pig, the quick-change artist.

That was the best question of the 20th century….evidently the answer was no…

Pig is aunti-conflict.

We all know those awnt people aren’t proper ‘Muricans! But here’s a candle for hippy Pig: http://tinyurl.com/cl4ts5e

Pig needs to exchange that candle for a spliff and chill.

Tomahto/Tomayto, Potayto/Potahtoe. It’s a debate that will rage as long as man walks the Earth.

My kingdom for a schwa…

I aint going to say Awnt..I’m saying aunt. So there!

If Pig becomes one of the PC herd, I hope Guard Duck can slap some sense into him.

Do you realize that at least half of each group will say the other side is pronouncing it wrong and that they can’t speak proper English? Kinda like some folks from Mass pronouce Harvard as Havad (it’s that Boston accent).

Pig, you should really start a peace movement in Louisville. Some say “Loo-ee-ville,” others “Loo-a-ville,” still others “Loo-ville.” A few even say “Loo-is-ville.” They could sure use one of your peace marches.

@JohnnyDiegoCue Ogden Nash: The Pig

I think it’s pretty obvious that we cawn’t get along.

if you think that is nutty, ask people how to say pen. some say pain, pin, pon, pun, pen, pan. or, how to say picture which become pitcher in some parts. and garage becomes grudge.

I think Pig’s just there for the weed and the patchouli girls.

Be like the rest of us from South Texas, we don’t have accents, you guys do.

I’m glad Pig said ‘candlelight vigil,’ because when he showed up in hippie drag I thought it was a… never mind.

Nooooooooo!!!!!!

It occurred to me that today’s strip might be a tribute (of sorts) to Rodney King, who died on June 17th. He was alluded to, but not named, in earlier comments.

Wacky Pig!

I love Goat’s wide eyes in the 2nd Panel.

xxx

Pig is so funny.

aint ants rants awful

My sister tells her nieces and nephews who pronounce it “wrong” that an ant is a little crawly thing. She’s an “awnt”!

+++++

@ Nabuquduriuzhur, that reminds me of the New Yorker who asked a tourist where he was from. When the tourist replied, “Iowa,” the local replied frostily, “Well! Here in New York, we pronounce it ‘Ohio’!”

Why not just say “mom’s sister”?

While we’re at it, why do folks in Arkansas pronounce it “Ark’nsaw”? And don’t get started on pronunciations here in Texas…if you’ve never heard of Nacogdoches, you couldn’t possibly say it the way a local would.

@F6F5Hellcat Bhastan? I live in MA

Let’s call the whole thing off…

All those missing Massachusetts “r’s” can be found in South Texas. They turned up in the warsh.

I’m surprised that Goat, that fount of knowledge, did not point out the correct pronunciation, which is neither ANT nor AWNT, but AHNT! And that BTW, is the Bostonese prinunciation.

Quite a few people in this country say, ‘Tia’.

lol ! The transformation of Pig from panel 2 to panel 3 was remarkable. These cartoon characters . . . the way they can adopt an entire I.C.E. (“integrated clothing ensemble”) in seconds. Bugs Bunny used to do this trick.

smoked pig. if he was kosher, he’d be lunch.

It’s easy- how do you pronounce “haunt”? Ther ya go!

Some folks just cain’t talk proper.

Is it unkel or uncle

ANT or AHNT in the UK, pretty much on a North/South split…

haha, pig is just so harmonious :D

Good old Rodney Pig!

I agree pig! We should pronounce it like I do! And I am unanimous in that!

There’s a town in Nebraska called Norfolk. Phonetically, it should be pronounced with an ‘l’. The original Norfolk in England was pronounced Norfohk. In Nebraska, it is pronounced NorFORK – no exceptions.

The horror.

I pronounce it ‘ahnt’, but I have no idea what pronunciation that spelling suggests to an American.