Shades Of A 023
One thing that turns up in 50 shades that I can’t write about is the way that Christian keeps buying Ana stuff even though she repeatedly and explicitly states that she doesn’t like it.
Dude, stahp.
Next livestream is 9am Thursday as usual. I’ve learnt how to use a new tool in Manga studio which makes all the pretty sunshine in this page.
Holy crap Lensflare! O_O
This shall be a film within the year!!! XD
Some people just don’t understand that being on the receiving end of gifts can be incredibly uncomfortable. Even if it’s not intended, it can feel like the receiver now “owes” the gifter something. Not that I’m someone who gets incredibly uncomfortable when people try to give me stuff or anything. *cough*
Can someone please tell me what “ta” means? I have a ton of European friends but I’ve never heard that said or used.
“Ta” is just a colloquial way of saying thank you.
Yes, ‘ta’ means thanks. I’ve heard it used the most in England, particularly in the county of South Yorkshire, where it is a firm part of the local dialect.
Ugh… it really bugs me that he says “ta” all the time. I didn’t know what it meant at first either, and I just can’t get used to it for some reason.
How is it pronounced?
Rhymes with bar, star etc
Ta rhymes with bar and star if you have a non-rhotic accent, which most of the English-speaking world doesn’t. (In the UK, rhotic accents are low status, and non-rhotic are high status. In New York, it’s the other way around. In most of the USA, all accents are rhotic. Also in Ireland.)
I’m Irish, but with English parents and a fairly English (and generally non-rhotic) accent, but I wouldn’t say that ta quite rhymes with star and bar. I’d pronounce ta with a distinctly shorter vowel sound than in tar. I think Z’s guideline, tah, is a better representation of the sound.
TRiG.
/geek out
Tah. (Da, ma, bra)
Holy shit is Anwar just super tall or is Chris a shorty? I never noticed that. Also, oh my god, Chris just keeps getting cuter. *pinches cheeks*
BTW, iced tea, not ice tea. Unless it’s a UK thing.
I think Anwar is just really tall. If you compare heights to the rest of the people in the first panel that’s what it comes out to.
Jeez this light pink font on light brown background is impossible.
If you look at the others around them, Chris seems to be pretty much on the average end. Anwar is definitely tall by comparison. (That also shows up when he’s at the bar of the fetish club getting drinks just before he bumps into Chris. The height difference is less pronounced when Chris is in heels, unsurprisingly, but Anwar was also much more hunched there.)
It’s also “espresso”, not “expresso”, but people say that all the time. People don’t speak standard English.
It’s expresso in French, and considering that you can find French cafés around the world, I don’t find it surprising that the French spelling sticks.
I’m bilingual Canadian and I’ve never heard “expresso” being common in French (could be a cultural difference, though).
I’ve heard “espresso” and “café express”, so unless it’s a mainland French colloquialism or portmanteau, I think it’s just a matter of whether one actually knows that it’s spelt espresso or not.
Then I’m guessing you’re in a predominantly English province? Both terms are correct according to the Office de la langue française, but expresso is the predominant spelling in Quebec.
Link for whoever’s curious (though that’s probably nobody) : http://granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8357668
Speaking as a British person, I can say 100% it is spelt “expresso” everywhere over here. Also we say iced tea, not just ice tea.
Given that the artist is British, you can expect a lot of Britishisms to occur. Like the use of ta in this very page =P
Left out the bit where that should say that differences with iced/ice tea could vary based on whereabouts you’re from, as well. It’s too early for me to be commenting xD
Now I’m wondering if it’s been spelled expresso and I just subconsciously change it to espresso when I read it. Pretty sure everywhere around here spells it espresso – here being Tucson, AZ USA.
And, holy cow! That light pink on pale beige really is impossible. >.<
I think most people say “ice tea” (always said and heard it this way), though the correct spelling is indeed “iced tea”, but I believe the text is supposed to reflect what is said, not “proper English”.
I’m reminded of opening to My Fair Lady, with this language discussion.
“Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
And Hebrews learn it backwards,
which is absolutely frightening.
But use proper English you’re regarded as a freak.
Why can’t the English,
Why can’t the English learn to speak?”
“There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!”
where are they from that they say “ta”? I’ve never heard of that.
First time I heard it was the Toy Dolls video on youtube for Nellie The Elephant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA
1984. Good fun. ^_^
How much money is that he’s holding? Three coins won’t get you much most places here. A 12 oz soda maybe, if you can find a machine that still dispenses ’em.
£4, I think. One £2 coin (the big flat two-colour one in the middle) and two pound coins, which are smaller and chunky. More than enough to get a drink in a café.
Oh come on. You’re just making us look bad. Even in the States, there is such thing as a dollar coin.
When’s the last time you’ve seen or used a dollar coin?
Well, this Canadian uses dollar coins (Loonies) quite often. :P
Yeah, yeah, I forgot about those annoying things. Hardly ever see ’em, let alone use em.
XD
Coins are a nuisance, tricky to sort, clunky in your pockets or excess weight in your purse. Who needs it. Change goes in a bucket, and we call that “savings.” XD
It boggles my mind that people don’t know what “ta” means. My dad was from the UK and said it all the time to say “thanks”, even after living here in South Africa for 56 years. Most BBC shows I’ve watched use it regularly.
I don’t use “ta” quite in that sense personally. It’s become something that one says to a very young child to ask them to give you something. Eg, “Johnny. Give don’t eat that stick. Ta. Ta.” (And you hold out your hand for the object for them to hand it over). Or, when you’re trying to give them something, you use it as well. Seems to be a nursery school teacher thing here. :p
I’m loving this comic so much. :)
Oh my god, I didn’t realize… their names are Chris and Anwar. Christian and Ana.
At least you realized who Ana was. I reread the comic and couldn’t piece anything together other than possibly, maybe Anwar went by Ana even though that hasn’t happened in comic and probably never will. I’ve never read 50 Shades of Grey… Gray? I always use ‘grey’. Anyway, I’ve never read it and don’t know much detail about it. So, yeah, you saying that finally helped me piece it together. Thanks!
Oh and if Tab starts another comic named Mayhem, that will name all of my friend’s cats.
As a heavy tea drinker I can tell you there is a difference between ice tea and iced tea. Primarly, was it ever hot, but beond that it is more offten used to denote the difference between teas ment to be chilled(herbal or fruit usualy) and teas ment to be hot(black, green, oolong).