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Weird observation: This comic appears to be using a rule I like regarding repeating vowels in words. That being if the word has one vowel in a place, that it should always be replaced by an odd number of the same vowel if a lengthening of that vowel is to be implied. Likewise, an even number, usually double-e or double-o, should always be an even number.
So a dooooog might howl at the moooooon, but a doooog can't howl at the mooon because that implies a doog howling at the mon, whatever the heck that means.
Anyway, panel three has odd numbers of O's in both words, which is what I'm basing my observation on. Panel four is inconclusive.
(This rule need not apply to shortening a word)
An interesting idea. I've been writing subtitles for a TV show recently and I'm going to check to see if I follow your rule.
But more often than not, I just stick with the default number of letters for easy reading.
Thank you for being a captioner! Idk how ppl pick descriptive words for music in cool ways like I've seen, but I think it's great
Then there's me who, on the rare occasion I actually acknowledge the music in subtitles, I just write 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮
Haahaha, I prefer that sometimes bc I'm not spending time trying to read the description and missing out on the visuals. The "jauntily morbid" on Wednesday made me laugh tho bc it's so conflicting, yet 100% accurate 😂