A curious case of "He said ... means/meant ... and ... means/meant"

原始: 12/6/82 當年的連載報紙沒找到

 

The Far Side Gallery

by Gary Larson, 1984(*1)

右邊漫畫框:... He said two jerks means 'more slack' and three means 'come up' ... (1)

The Massachusetts Daily Collegian 

September 6, 1989, page 26(*2)


... He said two jerks meant 'more slack' and three meant 'come up' ... (2)

The Complete Far Side 

Volume One, 1980-1984, by Gary Larson, 2003, page 260


... He said two jerks means 'more slack' and three meant 'come up' ... (3)
這個上色的版本也是網路上流傳最廣的版本。我的猜測是要嘛是 OCR 掃描辨認失誤,要嘛就是單純的人為錯誤。

 


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