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| title = Gnome Ann | | title = Gnome Ann | ||
| image = gnome_ann.png | | image = gnome_ann.png | ||
− | | titletext = | + | | titletext = In the words of Andrew Johnson, if I am to be shot at, I want Gnome Ann to be in the way of the bullet. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic presents a series of images depicting a female {{w|gnome}} who is known as "Gnome Ann". The humor derives from the fact that the name "Gnome Ann" | + | {{incomplete|Include a [[#Table of quotes|table] with individual explanations for each quote.}} |
+ | This comic presents a series of images depicting a female {{w|gnome}} who is known as "Gnome Ann". The humor derives from the fact that the name "Gnome Ann" and the compound noun "no man" are {{w|homophone}}s, meaning they sound alike but have different meanings and spellings. | ||
+ | (Users of the {{w|GNOME|Gnome desktop system}} may have difficulties understanding this since they pronounce Gnome with a hard "g", reflecting its {{w|GNU}} ties.) | ||
− | [[Randall]] presents the reader with six images (and a title text) captioned with quotations from a wide range of sources, each featuring an instance of the compound noun "no man" being replaced by "Gnome Ann" (and featuring a drawing that reflects this change). There is one proverb, two Biblical quotations, | + | [[Randall]] presents the reader with six images (and a title text) captioned with quotations from a wide range of sources, each featuring an instance of the compound noun "no man" being replaced by "Gnome Ann" (and featuring a drawing that reflects this change). There is one proverb, two Biblical quotations, two literary quotations (the {{w|Miguel de Cervantes|Cervantes}} quote is from ''{{w|Don Quixote}}'', the other one is from {{w|Lord of the Rings}}, the line {{w|Éowyn}} said to the {{w|Witch-king_of_Angmar|Witch-king of Angmar}} before killing him), one quotation from the opening of a television show (''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}''), and a quotation from a piece of historical rhetoric in the title text. |
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+ | The process by which "no man" becomes "nom an" (and hence Gnome Ann) is known as {{w|false splitting}}, and is a familiar process of word formation in English and other languages; examples include {{w|Vipera_berus#Etymologies|"an adder" from "a nadder"}} and "lone" from "(all) one". | ||
===Table of quotes=== | ===Table of quotes=== | ||
− | {| | + | {{Notice|Insert table with all seven quotes with reference and explanation columns (3x7 table plus headings). Sitting at a tablet so hopeless to do it from here... delete this when done}} |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | :[Caption above the panels.] | ||
:The <big>Legend</big> of <big>Gnome Ann</big> | :The <big>Legend</big> of <big>Gnome Ann</big> | ||
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:[Gnome Ann running in from the left frame with her arms out chases three Cueball like men running from her towards right. The one closest to her looks over his shoulder at her, the next runs forward "normally" and the last in front throws up his arms in the air.] | :[Gnome Ann running in from the left frame with her arms out chases three Cueball like men running from her towards right. The one closest to her looks over his shoulder at her, the next runs forward "normally" and the last in front throws up his arms in the air.] | ||
− | :The wicked flee when Gnome Ann pursueth. | + | :The wicked flee when Gnome Ann pursueth. |
:-<small>Proverbs 28:1</small> | :-<small>Proverbs 28:1</small> | ||
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:[Gnome Ann sits in a yoga position meditating on a big rock in a desolate area with small rocks on the ground around the big rock.] | :[Gnome Ann sits in a yoga position meditating on a big rock in a desolate area with small rocks on the ground around the big rock.] | ||
− | :Time ripens all things; Gnome Ann is born wise. | + | :Time ripens all things; Gnome Ann is born wise. |
:-<small>Miguel De Cervantes</small> | :-<small>Miguel De Cervantes</small> | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
[[Category:Time]] | [[Category:Time]] | ||
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[[Category:LOTR]] | [[Category:LOTR]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Religion]] |
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