Comments on: Word of the day http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/ It doesn't take much to be someone special Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Cody http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275776 Cody Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275776 callipygous (adj) - pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks; "the quest for the callipygian ideal" That's really funny. Good use of the dictionary in the online comic world. callipygous (adj) - pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks; “the quest for the callipygian ideal”

That’s really funny. Good use of the dictionary in the online comic world.

]]> By: Name Here http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275708 Name Here Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:50:58 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275708 well, callipygous is spelled right, so i wouldnt worry so much about "definately" well, callipygous is spelled right, so i wouldnt worry so much about “definately”

]]> By: Jeroen http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275698 Jeroen Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:26:48 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275698 I KNOW I spelled definitely wrong, and being a bit of a spelling nazi myself, I would correct it right away. But this cartoon dates back 3,5 years and changing it now would feel like changing history. So I won't. I KNOW I spelled definitely wrong, and being a bit of a spelling nazi myself, I would correct it right away. But this cartoon dates back 3,5 years and changing it now would feel like changing history. So I won’t.

]]> By: Jerry http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275694 Jerry Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:49:27 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275694 "Callipygous" and its antonym "steatopygous" are two "words of the day" that I teach my sophomores in college. In the comic strip, I would liked to have seen "definitely" spelled correctly. Even my eight-year-old grandniece (second grade) can spell that word appropriately! (She knows the word does not have an "a" in it.) “Callipygous” and its antonym “steatopygous” are two “words of the day” that I teach my sophomores in college.

In the comic strip, I would liked to have seen “definitely” spelled correctly. Even my eight-year-old grandniece (second grade) can spell that word appropriately! (She knows the word does not have an “a” in it.)

]]> By: peter http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275689 peter Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:22:46 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275689 To 'interesting' - did you ever consider that the writer is not using his first language? To ‘interesting’ - did you ever consider that the writer is not using his first language?

]]> By: Interesting... http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275681 Interesting... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:25:49 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275681 To the folks that are criticizing the spelling... Did any of you consider that it was misspelled on purpose? To the folks that are criticizing the spelling…

Did any of you consider that it was misspelled on purpose?

]]> By: stuart http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275679 stuart Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:44:09 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275679 "callipygous" it's a perfectly cromulent word “callipygous” it’s a perfectly cromulent word

]]> By: Matt http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275678 Matt Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:43:10 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275678 He has a dictionary, but spells definitely wrong? He has a dictionary, but spells definitely wrong?

]]> By: Miss Amy http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275667 Miss Amy Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:54:41 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-275667 i felt kinda stupid when i had to look up the word...but knowing the definition made the comic SO much better. love it! i felt kinda stupid when i had to look up the word…but knowing the definition made the comic SO much better. love it!

]]> By: mcwm http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-269401 mcwm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:16:45 +0000 http://www.kartoen.be/wp/2006/06/27/word-of-the-day/#comment-269401 Would've been funnier if you'd managed to spell "definitely" correctly... Would’ve been funnier if you’d managed to spell “definitely” correctly…

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