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<p>Novacatz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1562<br /> | date = August 10, 2015<br /> | title = I in Team<br /> | image = i_in_team.png<br /> | titletext = There's no &quot;I&quot; in &quot;VOWELS&quot;.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|explain the meaning of &quot;I in team&quot; }}<br /> <br /> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography Orthography] is a set of rules and conventions that dictates how a language should be written. [[Cueball]] is trying to point out to [[Hairy]] that the spelling of a word doesn't relate to its meaning. He does this by the use of a self-referential joke . <br /> <br /> The title text provides another example of the difference between orthography and meaning. In this case the vowel &quot;I&quot; does not appear in the word &quot;vowels&quot;. <br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Hairy and Cueball stand opposite each other.]<br /> :Hairy: Remeber, there's no &quot;I&quot; in &quot;team&quot;.<br /> :Cueball: No, but there's a &quot;U&quot; in &quot;People who apparently don't understand the relationship between orthography and meaning&quot;.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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