Wild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 3 months agoThe common collective crowd (June 24, 1906)midwest.socialimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down15
arrow-up1241arrow-down1imageThe common collective crowd (June 24, 1906)midwest.socialWild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square@_stranger_link46•3 months agoThis comic is so old, the general discourse hadn’t arrived at a consensus on car horn onomatopoeia. That’s kinda neat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•3 months agoYep! I noticed something like this in an early-20th-century book I’ve been reading: the “hello” word we take for granted was spelled “halloa.” I’ve been meaning to look more into the history of that one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•3 months agoOh pardon my intrusion, I may have dialed in error. I was attempting to contact number four.
This comic is so old, the general discourse hadn’t arrived at a consensus on car horn onomatopoeia. That’s kinda neat.
Yep! I noticed something like this in an early-20th-century book I’ve been reading: the “hello” word we take for granted was spelled “halloa.” I’ve been meaning to look more into the history of that one.
Ahoy ahoy
Who could be calling at this hour?
Oh pardon my intrusion, I may have dialed in error. I was attempting to contact number four.