Tia wanted to know what is 20% off etc. She wanted to know about the 20%. That is the subject of the question. The use of the wrong word leads to ambiguity but is almost universal – sadly.
There is also a degree of irony here, as it is perhaps rather unfortunate that a strip whose English version, at least, has a somewhat “colloquial” and debatable turn of phrase in it, should immediately precede a sequence taking a pop at old comics for portraying people of Hispanic extraction as speaking somewhat “broken” English.
Templo S.U.D. about 7 years ago
Carmen sure has a smart grandniece.
Phred Premium Member about 7 years ago
Wow!
g.iangoodson about 7 years ago
Tia wanted to know what is 20% off etc. She wanted to know about the 20%. That is the subject of the question. The use of the wrong word leads to ambiguity but is almost universal – sadly.
fredd13 about 7 years ago
There is also a degree of irony here, as it is perhaps rather unfortunate that a strip whose English version, at least, has a somewhat “colloquial” and debatable turn of phrase in it, should immediately precede a sequence taking a pop at old comics for portraying people of Hispanic extraction as speaking somewhat “broken” English.