Ith it me...

[Tom]

... or ith Tham thlightly off colour thith week?


Edit: The original strip has changed (I copied the URL and it must update daily). I've added the strip that I thought I'd originally added, so at least the subsequent posts make sense!

[Jack]

I was too busy wondering how he managed to pronounce "Zak".

[Roger Kettle]

He's trying to say "Jack", Jack.

[Jack]

And so my quest for fame comes to a successful end.

[The Peepmaster]

I'm puzzled that he can say "machine" okay, which has an "s" sound...

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Eh? Only if you pronounce it "masseen".

[Bilthehut]

Or is it 'Matheen'?

[The Peepmaster]

Or is it 'Matheen'?

I'm with Billy on this.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Okay - both of you (Bill & Peepsie), I need you to pay close attention to your mouth shape, tongue/teeth position as you contrast the sounds "shhhh" and "ssssss" alternately in quick succession several times out loud.

Only then will you begin to realise you're being as big a berk as you look. 

[The Peepmaster]

Yes, but "Shhhh" starts with the "S" sound, albeit just for a mili-second.

[Bilthehut]

I understood that the accepted written description of words spoken by a snake with a lisp utilized the 'th' in lieu of the 's' sound.  However, as I have never seen a snake with a lisp or watched its mouth form the necessary words, I will bow the the undoubted expert that is Tarks.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Quite right too. Peepsie, you're clutching at thtrawth.

[Mince]

Quite right too. Peepsie, you're clutching at thtrawth.

Peepthie?

[Mince]

Quite right too. Peepsie, you're clutching at thtrawth.

And since the snake can pronounce the "z" in "Zak", why can't he pronounce the "z" sound in "straws"? Shouldn't it be thtrawz?

[Roger Kettle]

At this stage, I'd like to remind you all that the snake is, in fact, a cartoon.