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− | + | "There's no I in team" is a well-known saying that tries to encourage teamwork by reducing member's individual self importance. The intention of the phrase is to remind team members that individualism is not constructive in teamwork. It can be used as a light reprimand to a team member who isn't cooperating, with the reminder that when working as a team one cannot think only for oneself, and must work in partnership with the rest of the team towards a common goal. | |
− | + | The phrase "no I in team" dates from the 1960s in the USA with printed references [http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/Theres-no-I-in-team.html] showing it is familiar to base-ball pitchers such as {{w|Vern Law}}. (It's interesting that it seems to come from baseball, a sport where individual plays are so important, compared to, say, rugby.) | |
− | + | In this comic [[Cueball]] takes the sentence literally, as a metalingual comment (see {{w|Jakobson's functions of language}}), and he points out to [[Hairy]] that the spelling (or {{w|orthography}}) of a word doesn't relate to its meaning (an instance of the {{w|use–mention distinction}}). | |
− | + | Cueball is using the same joke against Hairy by saying there ''is'' a "u" in "People who apparently don't understand the relationship between orthography and meaning". There is a "u" (pronounced as "you") in what Cueball said, implying that Hairy is included in the set of people who mistakenly link orthography and meaning. | |
− | The title text "There's no 'I' in 'VOWELS'." provides another illustration of the distinction between orthography and meaning. | + | The title text "There's no 'I' in 'VOWELS'." provides another illustration of the distinction between orthography and meaning. "I" is a vowel, notwithstanding the irrelevant fact that it is not included in the spelling of "VOWELS". |
Orthography was the subject of [[1069: Alphabet]]. | Orthography was the subject of [[1069: Alphabet]]. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] |