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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thought his eyes were bugging out in the first panel. So confused as it didn't fit the comic style

[–] clark@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're telling me that's not what it depicts?

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought so too at first, but looking more closely I'm pretty sure that's an awning fringe, and the anger is at the shopkeeper for having an awning that's too low.

[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Agreed. Had to zoom in to make sure I wasn't crazy

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are his pants made out of awning, or is the awning made out of pants???

[–] Aufgehtsabgehts 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a non-native speaker, the word 'awning' feels very rare. I have never heard of it. Does every native speaker know this word, or is it some upper class description with a more common known sibbling?

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Without grabbing a thesaurus, I am not sure if there is an equivalent synonym. I'd probably expect around a minimum of 80% of native speakers to know the word.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's pretty common. It just doesn't need to be addressed that often. Like towels, you're not going to bring them up unless they're relevant.