Supra Modern Telegram
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'''Supra Modern Telegram''' is the preferred brand of [[Wikipedia:telegraph|telegraph]] service in [[Free Country, USA]] during the [[Old-Timey]] era. It claims to be "The Future... Sorta." [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] uses this "supra modern" service to answer telegrams for his "Electronic Message" show in the [[Telegraph Room]]. In the [[little animal#DVD Version|DVD version]] of [[little animal]], the telegraph serves as an Old-Timey version of [[The Paper]]. | '''Supra Modern Telegram''' is the preferred brand of [[Wikipedia:telegraph|telegraph]] service in [[Free Country, USA]] during the [[Old-Timey]] era. It claims to be "The Future... Sorta." [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] uses this "supra modern" service to answer telegrams for his "Electronic Message" show in the [[Telegraph Room]]. In the [[little animal#DVD Version|DVD version]] of [[little animal]], the telegraph serves as an Old-Timey version of [[The Paper]]. | ||
| - | Interestingly, although "STOP" appears at the end of each sentence to signify a pause, it is capable of producing punctuation such as question marks and commas. | + | Interestingly, although "STOP" appears at the end of each sentence to signify a pause, it is capable of producing punctuation such as question marks and commas. These characters appear in both American Morse and International Morse code sets, and "." largely superseded the use of "STOP" within a message body by the mid-1800s. Additionally, in 1936, most telegraphs were actually teletypewriters or Telex machines which used Baudot code -- a digital signalling method -- instead of Morse, rendering "STOP" completely obsolete. |
The word "supra" also appears in [[Senorial Day]], as part of the "Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale". | The word "supra" also appears in [[Senorial Day]], as part of the "Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale". | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 19 June 2006
Supra Modern Telegram is the preferred brand of telegraph service in Free Country, USA during the Old-Timey era. It claims to be "The Future... Sorta." Old-Timey Strong Bad uses this "supra modern" service to answer telegrams for his "Electronic Message" show in the Telegraph Room. In the DVD version of little animal, the telegraph serves as an Old-Timey version of The Paper.
Interestingly, although "STOP" appears at the end of each sentence to signify a pause, it is capable of producing punctuation such as question marks and commas. These characters appear in both American Morse and International Morse code sets, and "." largely superseded the use of "STOP" within a message body by the mid-1800s. Additionally, in 1936, most telegraphs were actually teletypewriters or Telex machines which used Baudot code -- a digital signalling method -- instead of Morse, rendering "STOP" completely obsolete.
The word "supra" also appears in Senorial Day, as part of the "Senorial Day Tent Event Supra Sale".
Appearances
- Debut: Email 50 emails (Easter egg)
- Email flashback (Easter egg)
- Email little animal (DVD version)
