The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 12, 2015

It’s within the range.

You’ll have to round ’em up again in the Spring, after they multiply.

I thought you counted the hooves and divided by four.

ok, I just got it….

There is no such word as “alright,” or at least there didn’t used to be such. I guess maybe today there is, though, thanks to the mass stupidity perpetrated by the internet.

Hopefully, they won’t just sell the heads.

Cownting.

They all seem docile, so they probably don’t have to worry about the mean.

Paul Simon in “American Tune”:

Oh, and its alright, its alright, its alright you cant be forever blessedStill, tomorrows gotta be another working dayAnd Im tryin’ to get some rest, thats all Im tryin’ to get some rest

Awright!

~It seems pretty simple: go ahead and use “all right” as two words, and stay away from “alright” as one word. But the esteemed Brian Garner (6) notes that “alright” as one word “may be gaining a shadowy acceptance in British English.” And the American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style (7) seems to contradict itself. It states that “alright” as one word “has never been accepted as standard” but it then goes on to explain that “all right” as two words and “alright” as one word have two distinct meanings. It gives the example of the sentence “The figures are all right.” When you use “all right” as two words, the sentence means “the figures are all accurate.” When you write “The figures are alright,” with “alright” as one word, this source explains that the sentence means “the figures are satisfactory.” ~source

Alright alright alright!

wait, what?

Clem raises beef cattle. His mirror-image twin, Melc, raises dairy cattle.