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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!
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...
It could be true from the perspective of someone who doesn't drink Turkish coffee often?
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That's kind of true, especially if you have it in a touristic coffee house. Turkish coffee beans are roasted twice. It makes the coffee stronger. Also, we put a lot of coffee for each cup so that coffee will be frothy. But if you have it at home it depends on one's taste of course. Greetings from İstanbul :)
I refuse to believe that there is anywhere in the world that serves weaker coffee than that dishwater stuff the Americans serve
MmmmmMMMMmm, I used to make Turkish coffee at home, quite often. I can still taste it - pure deliciousness!
From my experience in the USA.... I have to disagree completely. The "coffee" there is barely caffeinated. 4 cups are about equal to an expresso.
Only because it *tastes* stronger, not that it's extra caffeinated. Cardamom is a strong flavor.
Turkish coffee is not made with cardamom. Cardamom used in Arabic coffee . Not Turkish . You are wrong
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Swedes abroad order full size cups of espresso for it to be strong enough, just saying...
in America we always have a horrible night of sleep so we need lots of caffeine or we will die from lack of energy this is totally true this isn't at all a lie you can trust me
Be very careful if you are given a cup of Joe from an older person in Apalachia (USA) My Mom's especially! It will easily be as thick and ultra strong as the Turkish coffee.
Appalachian American here, i can verify this. If you can't stand the spoon up, it ain't coffee!
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Bonus panel: Vietnamese coffee sending the little guy into the stratosphere
A lagrima in Argentina is a cup of milk with a "lagrima" (tear) of coffee. Is the replacement of real coffee for those who can't have it (kids, pregnant women, people with heart conditions, people who like it like that, etc). I'm from Argentina :) Cheers
But the lágrima (tear) is not something that everyone asks, it's rare. (It's hot milk with a little of coffee on top, the oppositte of what we call "cortado", that is an expresso with a little of hot milk on top). For waking up we just drink coffee, cortado, or café con leche (latte).
Turkish coffee is really nice and strong, but did you ever try portuguese expresso? It's a challenge..
In Argentina we have our sipping coffee with milk (because we drink coffee every five minutes), our espressos to stay awake through dessert, regular coffee brewed with finely ground espresso, because 60% of us are Italians, and then Yerba Mate, if you need to pull a 3-nighter.
I had a Turkish friend make us coffee at a dinner party. I LOVED it!
I had Turkish coffee and the spoon, if stood up in the center of the cup, would fall over very slowly.
Lebanese coffee can grow hair on your chest and keep you up for days.
I once worked a 30 hour shift on a rig and the job was still not finished. Had a Turkish coffee the crew was preparing. Didn’t sleep for another 12 hours
Had some Turkish coffee (in Turkey) once. I kinda vibrated for the next couple hours.
Espresso has, per standard cup, less caffeine than a cup o' Joe, per standard cup. https://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/blog/caffeine-myths-espresso-vs-drip
Espresso technically has less caffeine than a cup o'Joe. If you are only drinking one. https://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/blog/caffeine-myths-espresso-vs-drip
Former (Dutch) colleagues often had business travels too the same place in the US. According to their standards the local coffee was too weak, too much water and less coffee. One time they made coffee themselves over ther in US at location. Afterwards they were kindly asked not to do that anymore. As the local American employees couldn't handle such strong coffee.....
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.
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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? ;-)
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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 🇬🇧
