r/mildlyinteresting • u/681681 • 8h ago

My old Calvin & Hobbes book has a grammatical error from 1989

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 8h ago

He's a tiger, he can't be expected to know proper grammar.

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u/HuntingManatee0 8h ago

He was useless when helping Calvin with his homework.

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u/hgs25 1h ago

And when he was helping Calvin cheat on a math test.

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u/towerfella 7h ago

Your right, you know

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u/CuddleWings 7h ago

Your right, you gnough

FTFY

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u/BarryTGash 7h ago

Eggnough allready!

The fact I had to override autocorrect means these will come back to haunt me... 

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u/cornbreadpancakes 7h ago

Hobbes didn't write it, though, he said it. Clearly a transcription error on Watterson's part...

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 7h ago

You may have a point thier.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 5h ago

Everybody making the same stupid joke, even dumber people upoviting

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u/QuantumCakeIsALie 2h ago

Your getting downovited

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u/dr-tectonic 7h ago

I'm so used to seeing the error going the other way it didn't even register.

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u/ShotFromGuns 7h ago

I think you mean your so used to seeing.

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u/Xin_shill 5h ago

Eye sea watt ewe did their

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u/ShotFromGuns 2h ago

*they're

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u/ransom0374 8h ago

burns all calvin memoribilia including the tshirt of calvin pissing i purchased in bangkok

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u/m_Pony 7h ago

all Calvin and Hobbes memorabilia is unofficial.

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u/drivingsansrobopants 6h ago

stares at gas cap door sticker in disappointment.

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u/albatroopa 5h ago

There was a t-shirt made for the museum of modern art that was official.

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u/chiree 4h ago

Crazy they were able to find it in a random market in Bangkok.

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u/Pumperkin 6h ago

My wife had no idea and bought me a C&H tshirt. I don't wear it outside the house and explained why we don't buy C&H merch.

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u/ConscientiousWaffler 8h ago

Hey Bevis. What’s the capital of Thailand?

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3

u/albatroopa 5h ago

Is AM radio sitting dryly in the middle?

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u/herringpoint 8h ago

Watch out, GOComics is taking down posts with pictures of Calvin and Hobbes strips.

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u/LongtimeLurker916 7h ago

Interesting when Watterson was usually such a perfectionist.

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u/681681 5h ago

It looks like the error was fixed in newer prints judging by the copies of this comic I could find online, so he eventually noticed or someone told him lol. I've found no mention of this anywhere but you can see the mistake in one other image I found on Facebook: https://i.imgur.com/AmVHLVO.jpeg

Had to do a triple-take when I was reading it

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u/matolandio 7h ago

let me try my hardest to be upset at Mr. Watterson.

nope. just a feeling of love and childhood curiosity.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 2h ago

The only appropriate response

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u/protosam 6h ago

That’s crazy, I have this comic and have read it and never noticed.

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u/Father__Thyme 6h ago

In 2026, that is still an error.

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u/WaterFriendsIV 8h ago

It happens to the best of us from time to time. I'll forgive him.

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u/SeyJeez 8h ago

Maybe your making this mistake I won’t.

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u/Largofarburn 4h ago

Man my auto correct has a mind of its own these days. I swear it has a 50/50 chance of changing it to the wrong one.

It constantly changes if and of for some reason too. And I’ve double checked to make sure it’s not just fat fingering.

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u/trucorsair 5h ago

He has fluff for brains, cut him some slack

5

u/NatashaMuse 7h ago

Not sure what your trying to say...

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u/CharlesP2009 7h ago

Damn autoincorrect got him!

5

u/TBTabby 8h ago

Y-O-U-R...

Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E...

They're as different as night and day-ay...

Don't you think that night and day are different...

What's wrong with you...

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u/dyabeu 7h ago

Well, in some places that depends on the time of the year.

1

u/drivingsansrobopants 5h ago

the artic circle folks get used to it.

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u/high-priced-toupee 6h ago

What a year for grammatical errors

1

u/Str8_Circle 3h ago

i think yore reading it wrong

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u/porgy_tirebiter 3h ago

It’s always the grammar error you most suspect

1

u/boredsittingonthebus 3h ago

Spelling is not grammar.

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u/keithlimreddit 2h ago

I remember this year sometimes and I get the craziest decision and everything but there's a reason people just like Garfield more than this series

Like be more lenient for your creations to get adaptations and whatnot

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u/Rhodog1234 7h ago

If you don't understand the back story of the strip, you'll never understand why it's NOT an error.

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u/EvermanJ 6h ago

I don't know the backstory, could you explain?

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u/Academic_Dig_1567 6h ago

Actually 3 errors.

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u/ChazCharlie 5h ago

That is a spelling mistake, not a grammar mistake.

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u/marcberm 8h ago

Besides indicating the third person singular noun, "mom's" is equally valid as a contraction for "mom is" or "mom has." Same story for "car's" which can mean the "car is" or the "car has" in addition to it's meaning as something belonging to the car.

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u/killyourmusic 8h ago

The error is you're.

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u/marcberm 8h ago

And now I see "you're" LOL

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u/Mirar 8h ago

"You're" is valid as a contraction in this context as "grammatical error".

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 7h ago

What?

"I think you are mom's going to be bothered," is clearly not correct.

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u/Mirar 7h ago

Are you not reading the "grammatical error" meaning correct?

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u/sirreldar 7h ago

Are you saying it's a "valid error"? Lmao yall

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u/Mirar 7h ago

I can't say it's not an error

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u/NowGoodbyeForever 8h ago

I think we're talking about "You're," not "Mom's."

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u/SeyJeez 8h ago

We were talking about you’re mom! Hah!

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u/NowGoodbyeForever 7h ago

lol fuckin gottem

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u/philff1973 8h ago

……….your.

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u/celestialcranberry 7h ago

Dude I was typing the very same thing, decided to check the comments first. I completely missed the “you’re” too. Your good 😉

(That last misspelling is a JOKE)

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u/Hamilton950B 3h ago

Should be "its meaning", not "it's meaning".

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u/Phyddlestyx 8h ago

Edit: oops the mistake is of the your/you're variety.

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u/mr_ji 7h ago

Your right, but that's not the grammatical error being discussed.