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Nitpicking: Aunt Beast

2021-11-15T00:13:33Z

Aunt Beast

172.68.38.94 at 14:13, 12 February 2020

2020-02-12T14:13:51Z

Davidy22 at 04:44, 30 April 2016

2016-04-30T04:44:15Z

162.158.255.219 at 03:22, 29 April 2016

2016-04-29T03:22:53Z

162.158.72.191 at 21:53, 4 December 2015

2015-12-04T21:53:36Z

199.27.130.180 at 10:26, 21 September 2015

2015-09-21T10:26:57Z

199.27.130.180 at 10:21, 21 September 2015

2015-09-21T10:21:46Z

Markhurd: "Megan" is Mrs. Whatsit

2013-07-12T15:41:07Z

"Megan" is Mrs. Whatsit

149.241.204.87: "The Name Of The Doctor" Dr Who episode.

2013-06-19T19:23:03Z

"The Name Of The Doctor" Dr Who episode.

145.253.244.103 at 10:55, 13 June 2013

2013-06-13T10:55:03Z

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	I know it's been a while, but I just came across this comic now - Feb 2020 - I don't know the Aunt Beast reference, but in Wrinkle in Time, there was a Mrs. Who. Is the comic perhaps conflating fictional characters named Who? (Weirdly enough, in the Grinch story, he lives near the town of Whoville, which is populated by Whos, and they eat for dinner... Roast Beast! But it is likely nobody's Aunt...)		I know it's been a while, but I just came across this comic now - Feb 2020 - I don't know the Aunt Beast reference, but in Wrinkle in Time, there was a Mrs. Who. Is the comic perhaps conflating fictional characters named Who? (Weirdly enough, in the Grinch story, he lives near the town of Whoville, which is populated by Whos, and they eat for dinner... Roast Beast! But it is likely nobody's Aunt...)
		+	:As the current explanation (November, 2021) says, Aunt Beast is a minor character in ''A Wrinkle in Time'', who cares for Meg after she (SPOILER) escapes from Camazotz. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 00:13, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

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	This was also the topic of a recent sketch on the late show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gHN3L0djw [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.219\|162.158.255.219]] 03:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)		This was also the topic of a recent sketch on the late show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gHN3L0djw [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.219\|162.158.255.219]] 03:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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		+	I know it's been a while, but I just came across this comic now - Feb 2020 - I don't know the Aunt Beast reference, but in Wrinkle in Time, there was a Mrs. Who. Is the comic perhaps conflating fictional characters named Who? (Weirdly enough, in the Grinch story, he lives near the town of Whoville, which is populated by Whos, and they eat for dinner... Roast Beast! But it is likely nobody's Aunt...)

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	I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.		I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.

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	What I find implausible here is the idea that the Doctor would play baseball. I could maybe see Eleven putting on Five's old outfit and going onto the diamond to try to play cricket and not understanding why everyone kept telling him he was doing it wrong. But that's about as close as I can imagine any incarnation getting to baseball. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.180\|199.27.130.180]] 10:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)		What I find implausible here is the idea that the Doctor would play baseball. I could maybe see Eleven putting on Five's old outfit and going onto the diamond to try to play cricket and not understanding why everyone kept telling him he was doing it wrong. But that's about as close as I can imagine any incarnation getting to baseball. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.180\|199.27.130.180]] 10:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	This was also the topic of a recent sketch on the late show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gHN3L0djw [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.219\|162.158.255.219]] 03:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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		+	This was also the topic of a recent sketch on the late show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gHN3L0djw [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.219\|162.158.255.219]] 03:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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	I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.		I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.

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	I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.		I honestly thought this was a reference to The Batter from the game Off. He often looks like an XKCD character.
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		+	'''I''' thought the guy in the middle was Marty McFly from BACK TO THE FUTURE, referring to Doc Brown. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.72.191\|162.158.72.191]] 21:53, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

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	Note that, according to the official transcript, "Megan" is "Mrs. Whatsit" here. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 15:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)		Note that, according to the official transcript, "Megan" is "Mrs. Whatsit" here. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 15:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
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		+	What I find implausible here is the idea that the Doctor would play baseball. I could maybe see Eleven putting on Five's old outfit and going onto the diamond to try to play cricket and not understanding why everyone kept telling him he was doing it wrong. But that's about as close as I can imagine any incarnation getting to baseball. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.180\|199.27.130.180]] 10:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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	:And I can't subscribe to the authority of 'mere' actors or even official spin-off literature if the producers ''themselves'' can be shown to be utterly '''wrong'''... ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.107.63.150\|178.107.63.150]] 19:21, 5 June 2013 (UTC)		:And I can't subscribe to the authority of 'mere' actors or even official spin-off literature if the producers ''themselves'' can be shown to be utterly '''wrong'''... ;) [[Special:Contributions/178.107.63.150\|178.107.63.150]] 19:21, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

		+	:I don't think fan complaints had anything to do with the change. RTD clearly enjoys trolling the hardcore fans sometimes (remember when he claimed not to know anything about the novels, even though we all remember that he actually wrote one of them?). But David Tennanf is one of the people who complained, and I suspect Davies just found it too exhausting to argue with Tennant. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.180\|199.27.130.180]] 10:21, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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	Perhaps also worth mentioning for posterity is that this comic appeared three weeks after the 2013 Dr Who season finale called "The Name Of The Doctor".		Perhaps also worth mentioning for posterity is that this comic appeared three weeks after the 2013 Dr Who season finale called "The Name Of The Doctor".
	[[Special:Contributions/149.241.204.87\|149.241.204.87]] 19:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/149.241.204.87\|149.241.204.87]] 19:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Note that, according to the official transcript, "Megan" is "Mrs. Whatsit" here. [[User:Markhurd\|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd\|talk]]) 15:41, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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	In this comic, Randall demonstrates two sources of ambiguous nomenclature based on honorifics: What, playing second base, is married to Mister Whatsit. What is Mrs. Whatsit. The players in the comic are confused by the name of one of the players from the fielding team, the Doctor. Doctor Who? No. Who is on first. The Doctor is in right field. One justification for bringing the Doctor into the Abbot and Costello's team of players is that cast of characters in one of their video performances shows the right field position is held by "?". This symbol has been associated with the Doctor and has been seen embroidered on his clothing. [Perhaps the appearance of a question mark is a coincidence of the type that causes people to think that Superman's "S" is the initial letter of the word "Superman".] Note: In the Abbot and Costello routine, honorifics were not used, as the players were named familiarly, as one would use nicknames, and no honorifics, such as "Mr. Who" were used. Only in this comic are honorifics "Mrs." and "Dr." and "Aunt" used, which is a main reason for the title being called "nomenclature." (But it may be that "Aunt" may be Ms. Beast's first name...){{unsigned\|Comet}}		In this comic, Randall demonstrates two sources of ambiguous nomenclature based on honorifics: What, playing second base, is married to Mister Whatsit. What is Mrs. Whatsit. The players in the comic are confused by the name of one of the players from the fielding team, the Doctor. Doctor Who? No. Who is on first. The Doctor is in right field. One justification for bringing the Doctor into the Abbot and Costello's team of players is that cast of characters in one of their video performances shows the right field position is held by "?". This symbol has been associated with the Doctor and has been seen embroidered on his clothing. [Perhaps the appearance of a question mark is a coincidence of the type that causes people to think that Superman's "S" is the initial letter of the word "Superman".] Note: In the Abbot and Costello routine, honorifics were not used, as the players were named familiarly, as one would use nicknames, and no honorifics, such as "Mr. Who" were used. Only in this comic are honorifics "Mrs." and "Dr." and "Aunt" used, which is a main reason for the title being called "nomenclature." (But it may be that "Aunt" may be Ms. Beast's first name...){{unsigned\|Comet}}
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		+	Perhaps also worth mentioning for posterity is that this comic appeared three weeks after the 2013 Dr Who season finale called "The Name Of The Doctor".
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	:::::Mrs Whatsit is not running for the second base but catching the ball against the runner (who? - not the Doctor) ??? I'm still sure she is running to that base. Help me to understand if I am wrong.--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 22:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)		:::::Mrs Whatsit is not running for the second base but catching the ball against the runner (who? - not the Doctor) ??? I'm still sure she is running to that base. Help me to understand if I am wrong.--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 22:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

−	In this comic, Randall demonstrates two sources of ambiguous nomenclature based on honorifics: What, playing second base, is married to Mister Whatsit. What is Mrs. Whatsit. The players in the comic are confused by the name of one of the players from the fielding team, the Doctor. Doctor Who? No. Who is on first. The Doctor is in right field. One justification for bringing the Doctor into the Abbot and Costello's team of players is that cast of characters in one of their video performances shows the right field position is held by "?". This symbol has been associated with the Doctor and has been seen embroidered on his clothing. [Perhaps the appearance of a question mark is a coincidence of the type that causes people to think that Superman's "S" is the initial letter of the word "Superman".] Note: In the Abbot and Costello routine, honorifics were not used, as the players were named familiarly, as one would use nicknames, and no honorifics, such as "Mr. Who" were used. Only in this comic are honorifics "Mrs." and "Dr." and "Aunt" used, which is a main reason for the title being called "nomenclature." (But it may be that "Aunt" may be Ms. Beast's first name...)	+	In this comic, Randall demonstrates two sources of ambiguous nomenclature based on honorifics: What, playing second base, is married to Mister Whatsit. What is Mrs. Whatsit. The players in the comic are confused by the name of one of the players from the fielding team, the Doctor. Doctor Who? No. Who is on first. The Doctor is in right field. One justification for bringing the Doctor into the Abbot and Costello's team of players is that cast of characters in one of their video performances shows the right field position is held by "?". This symbol has been associated with the Doctor and has been seen embroidered on his clothing. [Perhaps the appearance of a question mark is a coincidence of the type that causes people to think that Superman's "S" is the initial letter of the word "Superman".] Note: In the Abbot and Costello routine, honorifics were not used, as the players were named familiarly, as one would use nicknames, and no honorifics, such as "Mr. Who" were used. Only in this comic are honorifics "Mrs." and "Dr." and "Aunt" used, which is a main reason for the title being called "nomenclature." (But it may be that "Aunt" may be Ms. Beast's first name...){{unsigned\|Comet}}