wif
Original: wif on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Single panel:
A balding, bespectacled man in a suit and red tie holds up a finger lecturing a large werewolf (depicted as a hairy, wolf-like monster).
Man: "Actually, the 'were' in 'werewolf' comes from the old English 'were,' meaning man. Because you're a woman, you are technically a 'wifwolf.'"
Werewolf: "But... but..."
Man: "Make sure to pronounce it WEEF, not WIFF!"
Caption below panel: I managed to defeat the monster with philology.
Votey:
A crudely drawn face with a slightly unsettled expression.
Voice (from off-panel, same lecturing man): "Etymology stories are also good for scaring away sex!"
A balding, bespectacled man in a suit and red tie holds up a finger lecturing a large werewolf (depicted as a hairy, wolf-like monster).
Man: "Actually, the 'were' in 'werewolf' comes from the old English 'were,' meaning man. Because you're a woman, you are technically a 'wifwolf.'"
Werewolf: "But... but..."
Man: "Make sure to pronounce it WEEF, not WIFF!"
Caption below panel: I managed to defeat the monster with philology.
Votey:
A crudely drawn face with a slightly unsettled expression.
Voice (from off-panel, same lecturing man): "Etymology stories are also good for scaring away sex!"
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A balding man in glasses, a suit, and a red tie raises one finger in a know-it-all gesture as he lectures a large, hairy werewolf monster. He says: 'Actually, the "were" in "werewolf" comes from the old English "were," meaning man. Because you're a woman, you are technically a "wifwolf." Make sure to pronounce it WEEF, not WIFF!' The werewolf can only stammer, 'But... but...' A caption beneath reads: 'I managed to defeat the monster with philology.' Votey (aftercomic): a roughly sketched human face looking slightly uncomfortable while the same man's voice adds from off-panel, 'Etymology stories are also good for scaring away sex!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.