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Artist Hilariously Illustrates The Differences Between Different Countries And Languages In 30 Comics
Traveling is the perfect medium for experiencing different cultures complete with all sorts of art, music, crafts, and traditions. But visiting other countries is usually not just all roses.
With cultural differences in mind, artist Malachi Ray Rempen decided to share his traveling experience and situations in the form of funny comics dubbed "Itchy Feet Comic". This weekly cartoon drawings chronicle is mostly about travel, language jokes that happen while learning, and life as an ex-pat. It's just about any bizarre situation you can imagine yourself in while traveling.
"Itchy Feet Comic deals with two very specific areas: language learning and traveling. One of the things I love about these webcomics is the minute observations on the experiences that are so universal that you cannot help but say “That is so true!” - says the artist.
So scroll the page and have a quick walk around the world with the help of these funny drawings!
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Ah now that explains Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Ahh yes,I recognize thi place, its the the maginificent city of Romeberlinathensparis!
I have to cross the terrifying Erasmus bridge every day.. :( XD
Load More Replies...Same thing in Denmark. There are a few slightly inclined streets in Copenhagen. They call them "hills". Each one has a name.
I live in a moderately hilly area, and i'm very used to the incline, so when i went to florida it was really weird that the only "hills" were bridges
True! I live in the Swiss Alps, a 5 minute Walk feels like a workout 😁
Swiss here. absolutely true. and I live in the "flat" part of Switzerland. *sigh*
I live in the Netherlands and I have to admit that going over a bridge or up on the dijk is a LOT of work!!!
First trip to Europe was in the Nethelands with my bike. A mountain bike, 18 speeds and all! Steepest hill: an overpass.... I tried to sell my bike at one point. I couldn’t. Who needs a 18 speed mountain bike there? A 80 years old grandma passed by me on the fietspad on a one speed bike...
Bahaha!! They call that bike an "omafiets"...a grandma bike.
Load More Replies...What the Netherlands doesn't have in hills it make up for it with fierce wind.
WE have a lot of those steep obstacles in The Netherlands. Not only bridges for all our canals , but also huge speedbumps! luckily we have a lot of electrical bikes in The Netherlands
HUGE speedbumps. Over the winter they installed nasty ones at either end of Oosterdijk (NH, north of Enkhuizen). Ouch!
Load More Replies...Yeah, even in the US, going from the midwest (flat as a pancake) to the east coast, where a 45* upslope is "just up the block" was fascinating, lol.
Switzerland is more tunnels right through the mountain... but sill somewhat true
I grew up in north luxembourg (Ardennes & Eifel) and moved to Berlin to study and it's sooo flat here ... I miss my home country
inaccurate, in Nederlands the area would be crammed with people riding bikes
Valerie, you've got to get out of the cities!
Load More Replies...Uh, Niels, to English speakers, "dyke" is a terrible thing to call a lesbian. Better to spell it "dike". Just to help. And you're right, going up a dijk is a lot more work! I live in Enkhuizen, NH.
Load More Replies...Yup sounds about right. Having an american best friend is very eye-opening for both of us! They drive outside their state about once a year, out familytravels often means car and going through 7ish countries to get to our destination
As a native French, I honestly admire people learning french : this langage is hard ! Therefore I would never make fun or faking not to understand just because is is not perfect. This comic shows a very parisian reaction you would probably not know somewhere else in France...
Americans are chronically sleep deprived. We need a constant infusion of coffee.
Translation: There's a nice cottage in the small valley just past the farm by the edge of the lake.
This is so great! The person who made these clearly knows what he's talking about. Both amusing and interesting.
True. Seems to me the author, instead of merely taking general stereotypes as the base for the jokes, they actually combine these with the jokes they probably heard the natives say themselves. I recognised many of the internal jokes for some of these.
Load More Replies...Come to Greece! You'll have a really nice time. Bonus: Here, people will laugh when you introduce yourself :)
Maybe this is not his entire cartoon collection OR maybe still to come, EH? ;-)
Load More Replies...These are all really insightful and all very original. Some of the best cartoons I’ve seen for ages. Loved them.
This illustrator has definitely traveled the world. I was accurate for every place that I have traveled (and very amusing)
My old German teacher who moved away had some of these comics printed out around the room and when I was reading these it made me cry because it reminded me.
Well. Some of them are unrelated, but this one kinda is, but why videos in the first place?
Load More Replies...I feel like this article was a way for people to talk about where they live lol 🇬🇧
This is so great! The person who made these clearly knows what he's talking about. Both amusing and interesting.
True. Seems to me the author, instead of merely taking general stereotypes as the base for the jokes, they actually combine these with the jokes they probably heard the natives say themselves. I recognised many of the internal jokes for some of these.
Load More Replies...Come to Greece! You'll have a really nice time. Bonus: Here, people will laugh when you introduce yourself :)
Maybe this is not his entire cartoon collection OR maybe still to come, EH? ;-)
Load More Replies...These are all really insightful and all very original. Some of the best cartoons I’ve seen for ages. Loved them.
This illustrator has definitely traveled the world. I was accurate for every place that I have traveled (and very amusing)
My old German teacher who moved away had some of these comics printed out around the room and when I was reading these it made me cry because it reminded me.
Well. Some of them are unrelated, but this one kinda is, but why videos in the first place?
Load More Replies...I feel like this article was a way for people to talk about where they live lol 🇬🇧