Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 10, 2014
October 09, 2014
October 11, 2014
Transcript:
Duane: See, Rick, in its way, Mellow-Speak is a remarkably economical dialect. What Dr. Asher has done is reduce language to only its most essential components. Here, I'll sow you. Give me a line to translate. Rick: How about this... "The moon like a flower in Heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night." Duane: William Blake, right? Okay, let's see... in Mellow-Speak that would be... "Oh, wow, look at the moon." Rick: Duane, we've got to talk.
Mellow = contentment with banality.