Als taalnerd vind ik dit stripje geweldig.
De grap zit ‘m in de homoniemen; woorden met dezelfde klank en spelling die toch iets anders betekenen. To wonder = zich verwonderen (in plaats van “wonderlijk, ongelooflijk”), bat = knuppel (in plaats van “vleermuis”) en to flash = in het openbaar je geslachtsdeel laten zien (in plaats van “flitsend snel”).
De website van de maker vind je hier.
Heddwen Newton is an English teacher and a translator from Dutch into English. She thinks about languages way too much, for example about how strange it is that these little blurb things are written in the third person.
Heddwen has two children, two passports, two smartphones, two arms, two legs, and two email newsletters.
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