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It is probably obvious to say it, but: If the person in the title text is the same person speaking in the pane, there's a contradiction here, since if your first words were the seven unique words in "these were my first words what were yours" ("were" is duplicated) then "I learned another word today bringing my total up to twelve " adds another ten (duplicating "my"), for a total of seventeen. Or nineteen if you count "vocabulary" and "update." I'm not sure what to make of this, since Randall is surely aware of it. Perhaps I miss a subtlety. Or maybe the title text is spoken by a different character. [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 21:43, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | It is probably obvious to say it, but: If the person in the title text is the same person speaking in the pane, there's a contradiction here, since if your first words were the seven unique words in "these were my first words what were yours" ("were" is duplicated) then "I learned another word today bringing my total up to twelve " adds another ten (duplicating "my"), for a total of seventeen. Or nineteen if you count "vocabulary" and "update." I'm not sure what to make of this, since Randall is surely aware of it. Perhaps I miss a subtlety. Or maybe the title text is spoken by a different character. [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 21:43, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
:The title text is often taken as coming from Randall. In the comic, Cueball is often a stand-in for Randall, but in this comic the text is coming from Baby Hairy. So the title text is contrasting the baby's first words with Randall's. Although they share the feature of being self-referential. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | :The title text is often taken as coming from Randall. In the comic, Cueball is often a stand-in for Randall, but in this comic the text is coming from Baby Hairy. So the title text is contrasting the baby's first words with Randall's. Although they share the feature of being self-referential. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:48, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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A friend of mine said that his child's first words were "isi, äiti, kondensaattori" (dad, mom, capacitor). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.41|162.158.238.41]] 22:07, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | A friend of mine said that his child's first words were "isi, äiti, kondensaattori" (dad, mom, capacitor). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.41|162.158.238.41]] 22:07, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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Is the leftmost block schwa or upside down? The world may never know. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 22:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | Is the leftmost block schwa or upside down? The world may never know. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]][[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 22:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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:::Azerbaijani has a capital schwa that looks like that: Ə [[Special:Contributions/172.70.223.177|172.70.223.177]] 00:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | :::Azerbaijani has a capital schwa that looks like that: Ə [[Special:Contributions/172.70.223.177|172.70.223.177]] 00:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
::If the child's first number is "twelve," I don't see why their second number should not be "two point seven one eight two eight one eight two eight." [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 01:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ::If the child's first number is "twelve," I don't see why their second number should not be "two point seven one eight two eight one eight two eight." [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 01:37, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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Re the rules (barring the contradiction said above): If Day 1 was "Another", Day 2 can't be "I learned" or "vocabulary word" unless the child skips some days and isn't learning at a rate of one word per day. If it's A Word A Day, your options must be just one other word - so in the example case, "word" could work to make "another word" work. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.39|162.158.2.39]] 23:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | Re the rules (barring the contradiction said above): If Day 1 was "Another", Day 2 can't be "I learned" or "vocabulary word" unless the child skips some days and isn't learning at a rate of one word per day. If it's A Word A Day, your options must be just one other word - so in the example case, "word" could work to make "another word" work. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.39|162.158.2.39]] 23:14, 9 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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[[User:Baralong|Baralong]] ([[User talk:Baralong|talk]]) 07:59, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | [[User:Baralong|Baralong]] ([[User talk:Baralong|talk]]) 07:59, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
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== A generalization to the related game == | == A generalization to the related game == | ||
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:I think you could get a very long way by simply continuing to stack adjectives on a noun, so you might have to bar that too. Also, is it just grammatically correct, or does the the sentence have to make sense, because those are not the same thing, and allowing nonsense would give a lot more leeway.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.30|172.71.242.30]] 08:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | :I think you could get a very long way by simply continuing to stack adjectives on a noun, so you might have to bar that too. Also, is it just grammatically correct, or does the the sentence have to make sense, because those are not the same thing, and allowing nonsense would give a lot more leeway.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.30|172.71.242.30]] 08:47, 10 October 2023 (UTC) | ||
:: very interesting! I have edited my original comment with that new rule. Sentences like {{w|colorless green ideas sleep furiously}} are totally allowed :) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.97|172.71.26.97]] 12:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Bumpf | :: very interesting! I have edited my original comment with that new rule. Sentences like {{w|colorless green ideas sleep furiously}} are totally allowed :) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.97|172.71.26.97]] 12:28, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Bumpf | ||
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