spake
Original: spake on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a dark suit with a yellow tie stands at a microphone in front of a red theater curtain, one hand on his chest, eyes closed, performing dramatically.
Man (speaking): "AND THE LORD SPAKE, SAYING 'BEHOLD, NOW I HAVE MADE GRAMMARS AS MULTITUDINOUS AS THE STARS, LET ALL WORD ORDERS SHINE FORTH IN THEIR VARIED LEXICONS, AND LET EVERY PHONEME DWELL IN SOME MOUTH!'"
Caption: Linguists have their own version of the Babel myth.
Votey:
A scene of blue sky with white clouds below. A small floating object (the comic's red dot/button, depicted as a cookie-like disc) hovers in the sky with a speech bubble.
Voice from the sky (speaking): "NOW TO CREATE SOME FREAKS WHO INVENT NEW LANGUAGES."
A man in a dark suit with a yellow tie stands at a microphone in front of a red theater curtain, one hand on his chest, eyes closed, performing dramatically.
Man (speaking): "AND THE LORD SPAKE, SAYING 'BEHOLD, NOW I HAVE MADE GRAMMARS AS MULTITUDINOUS AS THE STARS, LET ALL WORD ORDERS SHINE FORTH IN THEIR VARIED LEXICONS, AND LET EVERY PHONEME DWELL IN SOME MOUTH!'"
Caption: Linguists have their own version of the Babel myth.
Votey:
A scene of blue sky with white clouds below. A small floating object (the comic's red dot/button, depicted as a cookie-like disc) hovers in the sky with a speech bubble.
Voice from the sky (speaking): "NOW TO CREATE SOME FREAKS WHO INVENT NEW LANGUAGES."
Alt text
A man in a dark suit and yellow tie stands at a microphone before a red theater curtain, eyes closed and one hand on his chest in dramatic recitation. He proclaims: "And the Lord spake, saying 'Behold, now I have made grammars as multitudinous as the stars, let all word orders shine forth in their varied lexicons, and let every phoneme dwell in some mouth!'" Caption below: "Linguists have their own version of the Babel myth." Votey: a view of blue sky above white clouds, with a small floating disc and a speech bubble of a divine voice saying, "Now to create some freaks who invent new languages."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.