thorn
Original: thorn on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (with dark hair): Did you know there used to be a letter in English? Looks like P but it's pronounced "thorn" and makes a "th" sound.
Man: Cool.
Panel 2:
Woman: It's used in a variety of languages — Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Swedish...
Man: Neat.
Panel 3:
Woman: I enjoy studying these languages and the history of it sometimes. I make manuscripts using P and I like to share them.
Man: Wait, are you getting at...?
Panel 4:
Woman: You may have misunderstood when I texted saying you could see my homemade thornography.
Man: NOOOOOOOOOO
Votey:
Handwritten text: Why are they called "Runologists" and not "Pornographers"?
Woman (with dark hair): Did you know there used to be a letter in English? Looks like P but it's pronounced "thorn" and makes a "th" sound.
Man: Cool.
Panel 2:
Woman: It's used in a variety of languages — Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Swedish...
Man: Neat.
Panel 3:
Woman: I enjoy studying these languages and the history of it sometimes. I make manuscripts using P and I like to share them.
Man: Wait, are you getting at...?
Panel 4:
Woman: You may have misunderstood when I texted saying you could see my homemade thornography.
Man: NOOOOOOOOOO
Votey:
Handwritten text: Why are they called "Runologists" and not "Pornographers"?
Alt text
A four-panel comic. In the first three panels, a woman with dark hair enthusiastically tells a man about the letter "thorn" (P), an old English letter pronounced "thorn" that makes a "th" sound and appears in Old English, Old Icelandic, and Old Swedish. He responds with bored "Cool" and "Neat." She says she studies these languages and makes manuscripts using thorn that she likes to share; he perks up and asks "Wait, are you getting at...?" In the final panel she clarifies: "You may have misunderstood when I texted saying you could see my homemade thornography" — a pun on 'pornography' — and the man screams a long "NOOOOOOOOOO" in disappointment. The votey aftercomic is a handwritten note reading: "Why are they called 'Runologists' and not 'Pornographers'?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.