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No. 5301: Gౡrfiⵥld

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Gౡrfiⵥld

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5301

Strip by: Super Nerd

{Title panel: Gౡrfiⵥld sits in a pile of leaves with the letters of Gౡrfiⵥld on 8 leaves above him}
Phone: Beedle beedle beedle
{Liz answers the phone}
Jon {on the phone}: Hi, Liz. It's Jon
Liz: Hi, Jon
Jon {on the phone}: Liz, how'd you like to— ...in a minute, Gౡrfiⵥld
Jon {on the phone}: Anyway, Liz, how'd you like to go to—...yes, Gౡrfiⵥld, I'm well aware of the time. This will only take a minute
Jon {on the phone}: So, Liz, how'd you like to go out to the—...Gౡrfiⵥld!
Jon {on the phone}: I said in a minute!! Now leave me alone, and let me talk to Li—
Jon {on the phone}: Ow! Ow! Stop!! Those are my leg hairs!! OWWWW!!
Liz: Feed your cat, Jon

The author writes:

From SRoMG #559 "Pietfield":

The program assumes ASCII, and that out(char) will output only the 8 lowest bits; if it outputs, say, Unicode codepoints, you'd get "G<TELEGU[sic] LETTER VOCALIC LL>rfi<TIFINAGH LETTER YAZZ>ld" out.

It's pronounced /ˈɡl̩ːɹ.fi.zˤld/.

Original strip: 2022-10-09.