Right Behind You 2013-02-22

Fairportfan · Post by **Fairportfan** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:20 am

Atsali doesn't think of "down" as "out" or "safe", apparently.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:23 am

Atsali is a bird; to her, "up" is safe.

Post by **Wapsi** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:23 am

I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^

Post by **Dave** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:29 am

Wapsi wrote:I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^

"We're going to get"? An Iowa-ism for "get going" or "get in there"? It's a turn of phrase I don't think I've ever heard before (west-coast-transplanted Philadelphian that I am).

zachariah · Post by **zachariah** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:32 am

If it's a huge round rock rolling down towards them Speilberg is going to sue.

I wonder if Kath is going to show up in tight fitting black leather carrying a whip before this is over?

Drops a rubber ball into the pun jar.

shadowinthelight · Post by **shadowinthelight** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:36 am

Yeah, I thought it was a typo at first, too. It makes her sound cuter now that I know it was intentional.

Opus the Poet · Post by **Opus the Poet** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:38 am

Given the circumstances I'm going to let all linguistic lapses have a pass for this strip. Using perfect English grammar would not make sense given the level of stress involved. In fact I would not be surprised at all to hear (read) incomplete phrases, fragments, or single words that don't make much sense at all.

zachariah · Post by **zachariah** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:52 am

Dave wrote:
Wapsi wrote:I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^
"We're going to get"? An Iowa-ism for "get going" or "get in there"? It's a turn of phrase I don't think I've ever heard before (west-coast-transplanted Philadelphian that I am).

It is a regional usage. We're gonna get. Means RUN. Make Tracks. Scoot. Often used by grandma towards young kids by simply saying 'Git." Equally bad was 'Feets do you stuff!" or "Skedaddle".

Boxilar · Post by **Boxilar** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:54 am

Heh. Nice cliff hanger. Gotta wait all weekend to find out what "that" is.

Dammit.

txmystic · Post by **txmystic** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:18 am

zachariah wrote:
Dave wrote:
Wapsi wrote:I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^
"We're going to get"? An Iowa-ism for "get going" or "get in there"? It's a turn of phrase I don't think I've ever heard before (west-coast-transplanted Philadelphian that I am).
It is a regional usage. We're gonna get. Means RUN. Make Tracks. Scoot. Often used by grandma towards young kids by simply saying 'Git." Equally bad was 'Feets do you stuff!" or "Skedaddle".

The Texas equivalent is also "git!" or "go on, git!"--mayhap your grandma is from around them parts?

Fairportfan · Post by **Fairportfan** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:29 am

Also Carolinas and Georgia.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:56 am

zachariah wrote:I wonder if Kath is going to show up in tight fitting black leather carrying a whip before this is over?

That could make her more interesting to some of the men she meets. In the past she's not really been sure what to do with male attention when she gets it... But she can't do without the hat; an adventuring archeologist needs a good hat.

lake_wrangler · Post by **lake_wrangler** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:01 am

Reminds me of the Lost in Space (1998) movie:

Major West: I'm going to try to break us out of the atmosphere.
John Robinson: No, we don't have enough core material for that.
Major West: Well, maybe if we catch one of the thermal...
John Robinson: No, it won't work. I *know*. We have to go... down. Through the planet as she's breaking up. We can use the planet's gravity...
Major West: What?
John Robinson: To throw us ut the other side and back into space!
Major West: That's insane!
John Robinson: I don't have time to argue.

Aleister Crow · Post by **Aleister Crow** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:15 am

It's one of the kachinas! Unfortunately it's ten feet tall and really angry!

I just hope it's not a spider though. Katherine said she's terrified of them.

Grantwhy · Post by **Grantwhy** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:11 am

zachariah wrote:If it's a huge round rock rolling down towards them Speilberg is going to sue.

I wonder if Kath is going to show up in tight fitting black leather carrying a whip before this is over?

Drops a rubber ball into the pun jar.

Boxilar wrote:Heh. Nice cliff hanger. Gotta wait all weekend to find out what "that" is.

Dammit.

It's a giant snake

*puts two tokens and a plastic die into the pun jar, just in case*

eee · Post by **eee** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:00 am

zachariah wrote:
Dave wrote:
Wapsi wrote:I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^
"We're going to get"? An Iowa-ism for "get going" or "get in there"? It's a turn of phrase I don't think I've ever heard before (west-coast-transplanted Philadelphian that I am).
It is a regional usage. We're gonna get. Means RUN. Make Tracks. Scoot. Often used by grandma towards young kids by simply saying 'Git." Equally bad was 'Feets do you stuff!" or "Skedaddle".

"We need to get while the getting is good!"

Often said before you start running for your life...

Edit: The Vase / container from the other room, guys! The one with the interesting pictographs! Take it with you! Throw it down the hole! Don't just leave it there. that might be what you came for!

Wdot · Post by **Wdot** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:55 am

Well, I'm from PA, and I've heard and used 'get' in that way so often that I didn't realize that it was a colloquialism. I didn't know that there was a "problem" until the comments section. Of course I'd be very hesitant to correct any language usage after the dislocated shoulder "reducing" fiasco. I also like scram and amscray. Of course to me, there is a difference between written English and spoken English. The comic is a representation of spoken English in written form, so all bets are off anyway; have you listened to the way people talk today!? Don't get me started on the texting abbreviations. TNX K BY d-:
ARRRGGHH!

DilyV · Post by **DilyV** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:08 am

Judging from the look on Kath's face in the last panel of yesterday's strip and her pointing at whatever it is coming at them, I would have to say this:

*sings*

Leo G. Carrol,
Was over a barrel,
When Tarantula took to the hills!!!

Heh.

*drops a ripe, fuzzy loxceles reclusa egg sack into the pun jar... never mind that it's five inches across... nothing to see here...*

DilyV · Post by **DilyV** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:10 am

Wdot wrote:Well, I'm from PA, and I've heard and used 'get' in that way so often that I didn't realize that it was a colloquialism. I didn't know that there was a "problem" until the comments section. Of course I'd be very hesitant to correct any language usage after the dislocated shoulder "reducing" fiasco. I also like scram and amscray. Of course to me, there is a difference between written English and spoken English. The comic is a representation of spoken English in written form, so all bets are off anyway; have you listened to the way people talk today!? Don't get me started on the texting abbreviations. TNX K BY d-:
ARRRGGHH!

I'm a veteran... S**t n Git was our favorite... or Pop Smoke... Both meant it was time to get the heck out of Dodge...

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:25 am

zachariah wrote:
Dave wrote:
Wapsi wrote:I'm letting some of Kath's Southern Iowa side show in her lingo. ^_^
"We're going to get"? An Iowa-ism for "get going" or "get in there"? It's a turn of phrase I don't think I've ever heard before (west-coast-transplanted Philadelphian that I am).
It is a regional usage. We're gonna get. Means RUN. Make Tracks. Scoot. Often used by grandma towards young kids by simply saying 'Git." Equally bad was 'Feets do you stuff!" or "Skedaddle".

Ahhh!! Now I get it!

If it had been spelled "git" I probably would have recognized the slang. Spelled correctly, I assumed "get" was left missing it's follow up word, "out."

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