In the comments, my friend Paul Gordon:
Thanks to the USAF, this high-school drop-out spent a year at Yale's Institute of Far Eastern Languages (along with a VERY select few other airmen) to learn Korean.
That was in 1961-1962, and most of that learning has faded, but I believe that Korean phrase in the bottom balloon translates literally as "Oh, Damn it!"
In context, "OH, SH*T!!!" is probably much closer.
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Loved that Day-by-Day cartoon.
Thanks to the USAF, this high-school drop-out spent a year at Yale's Institute of Far Eastern Languages (along with a VERY select few other airmen) to learn Korean.
That was in 1961-1962, and most of that learning has faded, but I believe that Korean phrase in the bottom balloon translates literally as "Oh, Damn it!"
In context, "OH, SH*T!!!" is probably much closer. :-)
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Heh. Your commentary makes the cartoon funnier.
Thanks.
But I have to ask...
Where the Hell did you FIND that cartoon? I check that site pretty regularly (mostly via The Thunder Run), and cannot find it there (the entry for 06/20/2009 is quite different).
Just curious.
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Wow, it's been taken down. Muir must be planning to post it later, and to go with the more topical cartoon about Barack running from events in Iran.
My Google Reader accumulates feed from http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/. The Muir cartoon appeared on the Google Reader Big Hollywood feed last night.
Now I can't decide if I ought take the cartoon down, or leave it up as a preview of coming attractions!
Now I can't decide if I ought take the cartoon down, or leave it up as a preview of coming attractions!
Leave it up.
Leave It Up!
LEAVE IT UP!!
(Can you hear me now? :-)
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I agree. It's a sneak preview.
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