[E]n[o]u[gh/ff] said

Jack Applin sends in this New Year’s CIDU. “A tepid comic, not much more than “Huh”/“You know it”. Two things: Is 2024’s beard talking? Point that speech bubble toward his mouth!
Also, was I the only person to stumble over “ ’nough said”? I blame Stan Lee for making me so used to “ ’nuff said” so that I didn’t recognize the standard spelling. See https://cbr.com/marvel-comics-stan-lee-fantastic-four-nuff-said/ for a history of that.”


And a big Happy New Year wish for all of us. Here’s a classic Nancy.

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    If an editor would like to ask us a question about whether we noticed or stumbled over something in a comic, it would be best to put the question below the comic.

    In this case, I can’t answer the question because I read the question first and that primed me to read “‘nough” correctly; I can’t know if I would have stumbled otherwise.

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    One of the early rooters for the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) was Michael “Nuf Ced” McGreevy, who owned the Third Base saloon in the early 20th century, so oddball spellings of the abbreviated “enough” date quite far back. He got the nickname because that was his way of settling disputes before they got heated.

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