Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 10, 2018

But is she still saying “about” or “aboot”?

How about some poutain?

I have just been diagnosed “colourblind” to “Stevan’s” “humour”, which is now a “striptease”.

The Commonwealth spells “defense” with a C instead of an S? Never knew. Their spellings sure causes them to be the centre of attention here in the U.S.

Well, the English spelled them that way long before the Canadians did, so maybe she’s secretly seeing an Englishman.

Pig is lucky he’s not Canadian Bacon.

This is how rumours start.

I swear I’m not cheating, eh?

For this offence somebody needs to pull Stephan’s humour licence.

I’m Canadian, but I prefer the US’s spelling of those words. I find them more efficient.

I’m Canadian and don’t remember ever ever using the ‘ou’ over ‘o’ in those words but I also live in a border town so that may be a factor.

Finally! Some correct English in this strip!

Good grief, first they burn down the White House in 1814, then they’re smuggling American shoes over the border, now they’re changing American spelling. Somebody really ought to be Tweeting about this!

And it’s paycheque not check…

I’m always bugged when I go to my playlist and play Queen’s “In My Defence”. In fact, it bugged me so much, I changed the spelling on my playlist to Defense. I know the Brits use the “c”, though. So it makes sense that Canadians do also. Or should I say "makes “sence” ?

Perhaps she was listening to “Y Y Zed”.

An “eh” for effort.

Better not spend too much time there or she’ll end up in hospital!

In the US: gray is the color of aluminum.

In the UK: grey is the colour of aluminium.

This strip is two panels too long, although perhaps then only Americans would get it.

It’s ironic that my #3 comic strip is using Canadian spelling on the same day I’m going to a concert by my #1 singer, Gordon Lightfoot!!!

Do Canadians spell it “gaol,” like the English? That one is so weird it looks like they pronounce it wrong, too.

Pastis put in too much labour for not enough humour in this one.

Sorry.

Is it me or is it draughty in here?

Maybe Toon-Boy can go to the shoppe and purchase some new humour.

That is British spelling, which is used in Commonwealth countries like Canada as well as in Britain itself.

Even worse than the spelling is the stupid way the US (remember, Canadians and Mexicans are indeed North Americans) write their dates. They insist on using the nonsensical “Month-Day-Year” style. Why not get with the rest of the world and use “Day-Month-Year?”

Nice manoeuvre, eh?

the “ou” instead of just “o” is a British spelling. Unfortunately it’s being increasingly adopted by US publications as standard. I guess they’re pandering to British readers and assuming the American readers won’t notice.

There Stephan goes agayn!

So, if it’s a good thing to take out the “u” in “our”, why was it a good thing to add a “g” in wagon?

1. So, when do you plan to do Cdn tour, neighbour?, oh sorry, neighbor?

Take off,Hoser ;)

qu’est-ce que c’est ?

She threw away my strips of bacon, serving these little round ham slices; saying pork belly isn’t bacon, real bacon is the loin of Pig.

She’s having an affair with you too!

Clearly the neighbour is British and not Canadian. Canadians would have ended those sentences with “eh” ;-)

Take a break and go to the theatre.

Canucks still speak, read and write the King’s English not Americanized English, but Stephan forgot to include “eh?” and the end of the honour question…

This whole discussion has begun to tyre me.

I’m pretty late getting in here but I really like that in Ontario one asks to use the washroom as opposed to bathroom or restroom. But then if you go to Quebec you go to the toilet.

Comic strip characters aware that they are in a comic strip demonstrate superior self-awareness. Cartoon-Boy rules! Canadian spelling loses (but so does Neighbor Bob)….

I live in Canada and have never heard anyone pronounce it like that!

what’s the funny thing about this? confused

I… don’t… get it?