MrSebSinM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago23 March 1987imagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down10
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minus-squareimaqtpieAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·11 months agoThe transmogrifier is one of my favorite bits. I feel like I always read it as transmorgifier though. Sounds more sci fi. I wonder if the r/g transposition was intentional by Watterson because it’s Calvin writing it.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoTransmogrification is a real word. I think part of the comedy is in Calvin knowing the word and using it correctly.
The transmogrifier is one of my favorite bits.
I feel like I always read it as transmorgifier though. Sounds more sci fi. I wonder if the r/g transposition was intentional by Watterson because it’s Calvin writing it.
Transmogrification is a real word. I think part of the comedy is in Calvin knowing the word and using it correctly.
Wow, TIL