Comments on: Nivabeff

By: ljdarten

ljdarten — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:41:49 +0000

I don’t think anybody thought the “slur” was a big deal, just noting that it kinda looks like it. And the double g would make it sound like kick, not kite so it probably should have been written as migah, my-gah or one of a hundred different ways.

By: MoWatt

MoWatt — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:44:23 +0000

Well, now she’s done it, Sarah (#9) and Rebecca (#11) - in today’s strip Elizabeth is using the “N” word.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:01:20 +0000

I know a kid whose first word was “apple”.

Kid and mother were in the car. Another driver cut them off and mother said “@$$h@!@” to the other driver. Kid said “AAA-HO!”

Mother, thinking fast: “Oh! You said APPLE!” Kid: “AAA-HO!” Mother: “APPLE!” Kid: “AAA-HO!”

By: MoWatt

MoWatt — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:40:51 +0000

Empress said: “After a young adulthood spent discussing poetry and history, the high conversational point of her day is a baby mispronouncing her own name.”

After a day spent listening to the idiotic ramblings and petty disagreements of adults in my work life, the “high conversational point” of MY day would be hearing my baby starting to utter those first words too.

By: The Ploughman

The Ploughman — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:22:57 +0000

I thought Rebecca (#11) was being facetious, speaking of extra sensitivity.

By: Empress Penguin

Empress Penguin — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:22:44 +0000

Just my $0.02, and I might be over analyzing. But think about it:

Elly is college educated, but while her dentist husband gets to see adults every day she stays at home with the children. An admirable, but difficult choice.

That stunned look on Elly’s face is the realization that this is what her life has become. After a young adulthood spent discussing poetry and history, the high conversational point of her day is a baby mispronouncing her own name.

By: Shamare

Shamare — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:13:30 +0000

As for Michael’s name try saying it with a long “i”, it is not a slur, but a little girl’e sttempt at Michael. People let’s not look for offense when none is there.

I think Ellie is stunned because everyone else’s name Elizabeth says a 2 syllable nickname, but her name is 3 syllable, a far more difficult speech pattern for a child that age.

By: Powers

Powers — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:11:04 +0000

Turns out Judy (#16) was right all along.

By: BroBoCop

BroBoCop — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:03:13 +0000

On a side note, today’s strip reveals that Elly is surprised that Elizabeth said her own name.

By: BroBoCop

BroBoCop — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:42:02 +0000

I, too, agree with James. As for the pronunciation/spelling of Michael’s name, it is MHO that there are too many people trying to look too deeply into things that don’t matter. Not everybody is sensitive to the pc police when it is absolutely not their intention to offend. I am sure Lynn didn’t think twice about how the uber-sensitive Americans would read that word.