Oh, please—Rob should have told Satchel to grow up. If someone follows you around only saying “booger,” you should laugh at him, not whine to your guardian.
It came to my attention some years ago that certain British accents (London ones?) pronounce “o” “oo”—sorry, audio would help more than print. But if it helps: consider Mac Manc McManx. In some Get Fuzzy strip, Conley wrote the accent phonetically, e.g., Mac calls Bucky “Boochy.”
Anyway, since the “u” in “bugger” is the same sound as the u in “Bucky” (in American English, anyway), would the British accent I refer to pronounce “bugger” as “booger” anyway?
If that’s the case, are they the same word in sound? E.g., if they had been in London, did Rob just say “booger” and Bucky say “booger” back at him? Or would this accent pronounce “booger” some other way?
Booger is close to the Liverpool accent (a bit like pronouncing the vowels in “book”) – definitely not London where it is pronounced bugger (as in Bucky)
Adiraiju over 6 years ago
Bougre!
Little Caesar over 6 years ago
To quote Chief Inspector Clouseau…. “Merde!”
winston5610 over 6 years ago
Still not funny.
cubswin2016 over 6 years ago
Bucky is back in stir, finally.
Willywise52 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Finally,indeed.
garcoa over 6 years ago
Close the door and throw away the key.
RWY over 6 years ago
Oh, please—Rob should have told Satchel to grow up. If someone follows you around only saying “booger,” you should laugh at him, not whine to your guardian.
RWY over 6 years ago
And how were we to know Bucky yelled booger? The punctuation indicated he was only saying it.
RWY over 6 years ago
It came to my attention some years ago that certain British accents (London ones?) pronounce “o” “oo”—sorry, audio would help more than print. But if it helps: consider Mac Manc McManx. In some Get Fuzzy strip, Conley wrote the accent phonetically, e.g., Mac calls Bucky “Boochy.”
Anyway, since the “u” in “bugger” is the same sound as the u in “Bucky” (in American English, anyway), would the British accent I refer to pronounce “bugger” as “booger” anyway?
If that’s the case, are they the same word in sound? E.g., if they had been in London, did Rob just say “booger” and Bucky say “booger” back at him? Or would this accent pronounce “booger” some other way?
ChessPirate over 6 years ago
Booger Bugger Bucky…
Carolyn Saunders over 6 years ago
Booger is close to the Liverpool accent (a bit like pronouncing the vowels in “book”) – definitely not London where it is pronounced bugger (as in Bucky)
David Rickard Premium Member over 6 years ago
Bollocks…
Call me Ishmael over 6 years ago
NOT your best work, Darby.
Kind&Kinder over 6 years ago
I enjoyed the arc, but then I like running gags.
mdmp22 over 6 years ago
Anyone else think this would make a great cartoon show?
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 6 years ago
Bucky is a blivit (10 pounds of poop stuffed into a five pound sack).
The Sinistral Bassist Premium Member over 6 years ago
Rob is such a buzzkill
rgcviper over 6 years ago
Oh, bugger, indeed … another of Bucky’s plans, thwarted. Poor guy.
The word “bugger” has always made me chuckle, though. Good strip today.