Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for April 14, 2012
April 13, 2012
April 15, 2012
Transcript:
Snag! That's it! Ballgame over! Good game, Chad! Good game, Teddy! Good game, Francis! Uh... good game, Kim. High fives are so romantic. ...and unpainful.
It’s spelled Peirce, and it’s pronounced “purse.” In New England, especially in Massachusetts where my father’s family lived for generations, the name Peirce was actually very common back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. But over the years it sort of faded out, and now there are many more Pierces than Peirces.