arthur
Original: arthur on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration: Britain was in peril. So, as the legends foretold, Arthur arose.
King Arthur (crowned, in red robe, holding a sword aloft): Byw ydw i!!
Panel 2:
Narration: He looked around for his Brittonic-speaking brethren, so he could save them. But in his homeland he found only people talking in this weird French-German creole language called "English."
A man (offscreen): Save us King Arthur!
King Arthur: Paid â siarad lol!
Label near the man: stab!
Panel 3:
Narration: These invaders were quickly dispatched to be replaced by the Welsh, Bretons, and a couple language revivalists in Cornwall.
A woman (with another bearded figure beside her): Wow! Careful what you wish for — I mean Bydd yn ofalus am yr hyn rwyt ti'n ei ddymuno!
Panel 4:
Narration: The moral? Careful invoking national myths — usually they're taken from someone else.
King Arthur: Bwytar cleddyf, Francwr!
A man (smoking a cigarette): Oi wot! Innit!
Votey:
A simple cartoon face (the recurring "laughing" face) with a speech bubble: LOL!
Narration: Britain was in peril. So, as the legends foretold, Arthur arose.
King Arthur (crowned, in red robe, holding a sword aloft): Byw ydw i!!
Panel 2:
Narration: He looked around for his Brittonic-speaking brethren, so he could save them. But in his homeland he found only people talking in this weird French-German creole language called "English."
A man (offscreen): Save us King Arthur!
King Arthur: Paid â siarad lol!
Label near the man: stab!
Panel 3:
Narration: These invaders were quickly dispatched to be replaced by the Welsh, Bretons, and a couple language revivalists in Cornwall.
A woman (with another bearded figure beside her): Wow! Careful what you wish for — I mean Bydd yn ofalus am yr hyn rwyt ti'n ei ddymuno!
Panel 4:
Narration: The moral? Careful invoking national myths — usually they're taken from someone else.
King Arthur: Bwytar cleddyf, Francwr!
A man (smoking a cigarette): Oi wot! Innit!
Votey:
A simple cartoon face (the recurring "laughing" face) with a speech bubble: LOL!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about King Arthur and the Welsh language. Panel 1: A crowned king in a red robe stands on a green hill holding a sword overhead. Narration: "Britain was in peril. So, as the legends foretold, Arthur arose." Arthur shouts in Welsh, "Byw ydw i!!" (I'm alive!). Panel 2: Arthur swings his sword at a small figure. Narration explains he searched for his Brittonic-speaking brethren but found only people speaking "this weird French-German creole language called 'English.'" A man cries "Save us King Arthur!" and Arthur replies in Welsh, "Paid â siarad lol!" while stabbing him (labeled "stab!"). Panel 3: A woman with a bearded companion. Narration: the English invaders were dispatched and replaced by the Welsh, Bretons, and Cornish language revivalists. She says, "Wow! Careful what you wish for — I mean Bydd yn ofalus am yr hyn rwyt ti'n ei ddymuno!" Panel 4: Arthur faces a man smoking a cigarette. Narration: "The moral? Careful invoking national myths — usually they're taken from someone else." Arthur snaps in Welsh, "Bwytar cleddyf, Francwr!" (Eat sword, Frenchman!) and the modern Englishman replies, "Oi wot! Innit!" The joke is that resurrected King Arthur, a Welsh-language hero, would treat modern English-speaking Britons as foreign invaders. Votey: A simple cartoon face with a speech bubble reading "LOL!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.