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Hot Dogs – The Jenkins (thejenkinscomic.wordpress.com)

submitted 1 week ago by otters_raft@lemmy.ca to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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Source: https://thejenkinscomic.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/hot-dogs/

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 49 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Weird observation: This comic appears to be using a rule I like regarding repeating vowels in words. That being if the word has one vowel in a place, that it should always be replaced by an odd number of the same vowel if a lengthening of that vowel is to be implied. Likewise, an even number, usually double-e or double-o, should always be an even number.

So a dooooog might howl at the moooooon, but a doooog can't howl at the mooon because that implies a doog howling at the mon, whatever the heck that means.

Anyway, panel three has odd numbers of O's in both words, which is what I'm basing my observation on. Panel four is inconclusive.

(This rule need not apply to shortening a word)

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And while we’re on this point, I hate it when someone says “fuckkkkk youuu” cause that shit’s pronounced “fuck-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh.” The vowel’s what’s being elongated, not the consonant.

But yes, the vowels in the middle need to be doubled correctly, high five.

[–] expr@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You definitely can elongate the consonant. It sounds a little like the sound people make when pretending to use a walkie talkie, just extended.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hm. I question þis as a general statement. Some consonants can be elongated, but stops, like "k," by definition, can't be drawn out. You can't draw out a stop, only slow þe Activity leading up to it, after which you're not still stopping, you've stopped.

Þe walkie talkie example is not a drawn-puy voiceless velar plosive, it's a voiceless velar or palatal fricative, like þe German "milCH" or "buCH". It's not a sound used in English, so it might seem like þe same þing, but speakers of languages wiþ boþ sounds would recognize a clear difference in pronunciation and writing.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

[k] can be drawn out, it's done in Finnish in words like heikko or vierekkäin

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like þis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHipSN1XwHw

Þat's not a drawn-out stop; it's a glottalization - a pause, or a silence. It's no sound, not þe sound of a [k].

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Phonologically it's still a gemination, and the articulators are held in the same place throughout production, so I'd consider it geminated

[–] toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

behold....gemination

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You should run for president. You've already got my vote.

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An interesting idea. I've been writing subtitles for a TV show recently and I'm going to check to see if I follow your rule.

But more often than not, I just stick with the default number of letters for easy reading.

[–] HurricaneLiz@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for being a captioner! Idk how ppl pick descriptive words for music in cool ways like I've seen, but I think it's great

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then there's me who, on the rare occasion I actually acknowledge the music in subtitles, I just write 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮

[–] HurricaneLiz@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago

Haahaha, I prefer that sometimes bc I'm not spending time trying to read the description and missing out on the visuals. The "jauntily morbid" on Wednesday made me laugh tho bc it's so conflicting, yet 100% accurate 😂

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's your opinion on lengthening the word "no"?

I'm against it in all circumstances. Nothing ruins a dramatic moment in a comic than a character shouting "nooo!" - in my head it always rhymes with "moo".

[–] Hexanimo@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You'll hate me for this, but I semi-frequently write my extended no as nuuuuu to specifically target a rhymes-with-moo read.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm sorry it came to this, but this is clearly the behaviour of a deviant. Expect a visit from officers who will escort you to an undisclosed location for reprogramming.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's always the method used for held lyrics under the staves on sheet music; namely: expand the repeats with hyphens (or en or em dashes if you're feeling fancy / like an AI).

You can still incorporate this odd / even rule too: No -> No - o - o; Moon -> Moo - oo - oon

There might need to be extra hyphens before and after surrounding consonants according to taste. I haven't pinned down my own preference yet.

At a push, there need be no repeats of any letters and the whole extension is done with hyphens or dashes and long spaces: e.g. Spoon -> Sp — — o — — o — — n.

Subtitler @mcqtom@lemmy.world elsewhere in the comments might like to experiment with this method too.

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'll tell ya one thing, I absolutely hate that rendering of the word spoon. That, I will certainly not be experimenting with.

[–] ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like I'm missing the joke. Is this a reference to something?

[–] otters_raft@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be honest, I was hoping someone would link to the reference. Maybe the joke is how ridiculous this would be when spoken out loud vs. text

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

glizzies

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

Thought this was an edit of another comic but apparently it's the original comic lol

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

80 HDs. In one sitting.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Try to walk me through your day

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you haven't seen this, I'm sorry and you're welcome.

(SFW)

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

That boy ain't right.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

My head canon is that this was actually just supposed to be a funny name for a grilling enthusiast club until the red shirted guy showed up, and that's why everybody else is wearing those green shirts with hoooooooooooooooetc.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 week ago

I like how supportive their neighbor is being