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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI feel like spelling it ‘Ladder’ the second time would have made it work better, leaving the reader to figure out what happened (“homophones” are after all mentioned at the end).
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI thought the same but reread the comic text carefully. It says not the latter.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThat would ruin the joke, since speech bubbles match what is literally said. If latter and ladder were actually homophones it would word as is.
I feel like spelling it ‘Ladder’ the second time would have made it work better, leaving the reader to figure out what happened (“homophones” are after all mentioned at the end).
I thought the same but reread the comic text carefully. It says not the latter.
That would ruin the joke, since speech bubbles match what is literally said.
If latter and ladder were actually homophones it would word as is.