Irr
Original: Irr on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with reddish-brown hair: No! No more saying "irregardless" to mean "regardless"! You're double-negating with the irr and the less.
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair: You misheard. I said "irrirregardless." Double the irr. So it's back to meaning "regardless."
Panel 3:
Woman with dark hair: As long as I employ an even number of irrs, my word remains lexically valid.
Panel 4:
Woman with reddish-brown hair: But... why?
Woman with dark hair: I use it as an alarm noise when people are too prescriptivist about language.
Panel 5:
Woman with dark hair (eyes closed, content): (no dialogue)
Panel 6:
Woman with dark hair: ABOUT LANGUAGE.
Panel 7 (silhouettes):
Woman with reddish-brown hair: That's still not proper—
Woman with dark hair (interrupting, as an alarm): IRRIRRIRRIRRIRR
Votey:
A close-up of a face shouting an extended alarm noise.
Text: IN-UN-ANTI-IRREGARDLESS!
Woman with reddish-brown hair: No! No more saying "irregardless" to mean "regardless"! You're double-negating with the irr and the less.
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair: You misheard. I said "irrirregardless." Double the irr. So it's back to meaning "regardless."
Panel 3:
Woman with dark hair: As long as I employ an even number of irrs, my word remains lexically valid.
Panel 4:
Woman with reddish-brown hair: But... why?
Woman with dark hair: I use it as an alarm noise when people are too prescriptivist about language.
Panel 5:
Woman with dark hair (eyes closed, content): (no dialogue)
Panel 6:
Woman with dark hair: ABOUT LANGUAGE.
Panel 7 (silhouettes):
Woman with reddish-brown hair: That's still not proper—
Woman with dark hair (interrupting, as an alarm): IRRIRRIRRIRRIRR
Votey:
A close-up of a face shouting an extended alarm noise.
Text: IN-UN-ANTI-IRREGARDLESS!
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A woman with reddish-brown hair argues with a dark-haired woman about the word "irregardless." Panel 1: the red-haired woman says no more saying "irregardless" to mean "regardless" because it double-negates with the irr and the less. Panel 2: the dark-haired woman replies she actually said "irrirregardless"—double the irr—so it's back to meaning "regardless." Panel 3: she explains that as long as she uses an even number of irrs, her word stays lexically valid. Panel 4: the red-haired woman asks "But... why?" and the dark-haired woman says she uses it as an alarm noise when people are too prescriptivist about language. Panels 5 and 6: the dark-haired woman looks calm and content, finishing her sentence "about language." Panel 7: shown as black silhouettes, the red-haired woman starts "That's still not proper—" and the dark-haired woman cuts her off with a sustained alarm: "IRRIRRIRRIRRIRR." Votey: a close-up of an angry face shouting "IN-UN-ANTI-IRREGARDLESS!" as the next escalated alarm noise.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.