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#134756 11/02/04 01:44 AM
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What does everybody call the section of the newspaper that has the comic strips? Earlier today I was wondering where the expression, "See you in the funny papers" came from, and that got me to thinking about the different names I've heard, such as funny pages. Thinking back, I decided that I use 'comics' and 'funnies' about equally. Is there a marked favorite among the group?


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funnies, here.



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comics, almost exclusively


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"Funny papers"--in my childhood when I read them.

I don't think I refer to them at all now. But, if I did, I think I'd say, "Hand me the comic section."


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Comices (pronounced kah'-mih-seez)


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I call them the comics, to answer your interesting question. But perhaps even more interesting would be to take a poll to find out what the newspapers call them.

Most newspapers print an index on or near the front page. Once I learn the layout of a newspaper I never look at the index again. But my suspicion is that in the US it's almost universal that the newspapers call them comics.

I'd actually be kind of shocked if any newspaper called them the funnies or the funny pages. Funny pages should be reserved for letters to the editor.



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my suspicion is that in the US it's almost universal that the newspapers call them comics

Looks like you're right on, Wordwind.

Parents Choice Foundation has just made its first "comic strip" award, and there is no mention of "funnies" anywhere in the review.

http://www.slylockfox.com/award.html

Way back when, comic strips only appeared on Sundays and they were then known as the "Sunday Funnies". That was in the days when people actually read newspapers for something other than sensation or sports.

Now people read them for sensation and sports, but mostly for "the comics".

Personally, I'm hoping our new comic feature "Faldage and Plutarch" will boost our circulation around here too.


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I am reminded of "Waiting for Godot."


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" Funny pages should be reserved for letters to the editor."

You funny, Ted . In today's funny world of liberal journalism, the funny pages are reserved
for the letters by the editor - not to.


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I would usually say sing. "a comic strip" or pl."the comics" although I used to use the term "funny pages" (never papers) once in a while.


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