At first I thought it was a typo, so I looked it up. Stoep is a word, but it’s not being used correctly here. It’s a raised veranda in South Africa in the front of a house “on which you sit and watch the world go by”. … but it’s still pronounced “stoop”.
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.
[Dutch stoep, front verandah, from Middle Dutch.]
Regional Note: Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, a few items of Dutch vocabulary have survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, “a small porch,” comes from Dutch stoep; this word is now in general use in the Northeast and is probably spreading. . . .
Where I grew up (suburban NJ), stoop and porch could be used interchangeably, but stoop was more common if there was only enough room to open the door and step inside, whereas if it was large enough to put out chairs and sit, it was likely a porch.
My god not only do some readers re-educate me, but they educate every body else. I am stun that this toon site has so many educated readers. This is were many of the 4 million job drop outs ended up, reading comics. I am retired, so get off your ass and get a job. My SS depends on you working, not reading Scary Garry!
Can’t begin to imagine why Gary prefers the South African idiom rather than the simple American English “stoop,” which means the same thing. Did he spend a hidden century or two terrorizing Afrikaners before emigrating to America?
maureenmck Premium Member almost 3 years ago
At first I thought it was a typo, so I looked it up. Stoep is a word, but it’s not being used correctly here. It’s a raised veranda in South Africa in the front of a house “on which you sit and watch the world go by”. … but it’s still pronounced “stoop”.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 3 years ago
This is a stoepid conversation.
pschearer Premium Member almost 3 years ago
*stoop* 2 (stoop)n.
Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.
[Dutch stoep, front verandah, from Middle Dutch.]
Regional Note: Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, a few items of Dutch vocabulary have survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, “a small porch,” comes from Dutch stoep; this word is now in general use in the Northeast and is probably spreading. . . .
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright© 2006, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Gent almost 3 years ago
Stoep? I never knews such a word existed.
dbwindhorst almost 3 years ago
These stoep strips appeal to me in the way Peanuts characters leaning on the wall once did.
As Linus once observed, “There’s a message here someplace but I’m not sure what it is.”
hoagieman12 almost 3 years ago
Both are correct. I would imagine that Gary, a 700 year-old vampire, may be thinking of the original Dutch term when referring to his front step.
As for the gag, once again, Leopold has “stooped” to belittling Gary unprovoked.
TrudyQ Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Ours looks just like that and we call it a stoop.
T Smith almost 3 years ago
Where I grew up (suburban NJ), stoop and porch could be used interchangeably, but stoop was more common if there was only enough room to open the door and step inside, whereas if it was large enough to put out chairs and sit, it was likely a porch.
schaefer jim almost 3 years ago
My god not only do some readers re-educate me, but they educate every body else. I am stun that this toon site has so many educated readers. This is were many of the 4 million job drop outs ended up, reading comics. I am retired, so get off your ass and get a job. My SS depends on you working, not reading Scary Garry!
Sisyphos almost 3 years ago
Can’t begin to imagine why Gary prefers the South African idiom rather than the simple American English “stoop,” which means the same thing. Did he spend a hidden century or two terrorizing Afrikaners before emigrating to America?