Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for August 15, 2001
August 14, 2001
August 16, 2001
Transcript:
"Er...Dad, can I go meet a friend at the mall?" "I suppose so...Which friend?" "Um...You don't know them." "Nate, 'them' is not grammatically correct in this case." "You would say either 'You don't know HIM' or 'You don't know HER'." "Right. Thanks, Dad. Well, I'm off." "What's her name?"
ReneeZimbodgi about 12 years ago
You can say, "You don’t know ’em’’, which, if you say it fast, sounds like, “you don’t know him”.
minecraftfan01 over 11 years ago
seriously,marty?
maya2u over 6 years ago
Wow, Marty… Good detective skills
Miles morales over 5 years ago
Marty stop being a sucker for the details
JonAthon1 about 5 years ago
Ohhhh Marty’s in…
TheAmazingCrafter about 4 years ago
Marty’s is not pointing out that saying “them” is wrong he just wants to know more about Kelly
NightHawk2005 almost 4 years ago
This strip did not age well…
SA_2022 over 3 years ago
Marty got smarty
Doglover26 over 3 years ago
detective marty wright :)
Carlo Colella over 3 years ago
You could say them, but then that could be referring to her as a plural.
LesbianCat75(Happy Pride Month) over 3 years ago
That was slick
YellowPhoenix over 3 years ago
Kinda smooth Marty
PBS1! about 3 years ago
I wonder how many non-binary people complained.
spongebob2005(Roast King's Team) about 3 years ago
Didnt know he was smart
maybe a human over 2 years ago
actually it’s 2022.so them works
President John Quincy Adams about 2 years ago
What if the friend is non binary though, Mr Wright, and goes by they/them pronouns? Got to be inclusive here.
CheyonJunction about 2 years ago
Marty’s a great cought pedo cough what was I saying?
Ultracus almost 2 years ago
But… people have been using them as a gender-less word for singular entities for ages.
MabelPines1234 about 1 year ago
what about non binary people? HelLOOO?
CsRoberto2854 12 months ago
“csroberto2854 kicks Martin in the nuts”
Futuristic Calvin 10 months ago
That’s homophobic, Marty
Arcery 4 months ago
We all know that Marty’s gonna try to involve himself way too much