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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...
Americans are chronically sleep deprived. We need a constant infusion of coffee.
Technically, there's nothing wrong with it. Though, it's utterly against traditional Italian food and beverage culture. It's like starting a meal with a dessert, maybe worse. An Italian author, Marco Malvaldi has made a funny cliché of it in his thriller novels, where an amateur-investigator professional barista refuses to serve cappuccinos past breakfast hours.
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I thought the same. :D Here in Finland it is very common to eat pasta with ketchup so that is a culture shock to visit Italy and see that there is pasta everywhere but no ketchup.
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Espresso si, cappuccino no. I believe it has to do with mixing milk with tomato-based sauce. You’ll have to ask an Italian. :-)
Yep it s about milk (+sugar) and salty things .. u cannot take a Cappuccino with a Sandwich for example , it s considered to be disgusting...
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Most Italians are not aware of WHY this is a rule. The reason Italians never order a cappuccino after breakfast is because the milk would go bad by 11am. They have refrigeration now, so one would think that wouldn't be a problem. However, if you go to any bar in Italy, you'll notice that they don't often get around to putting the milk back in the fridge, so DON'T GET A CAPPUCCINO AFTER 11AM.
This is true. I traveled to Florence and some tourists from North Carolina were at the table next to us; they ordered a Bistecca Fiorentina - and sent it back because it was "raw" (read: cooked properly medium rare). The waiter brought out the manager who brought out the chef to attempt to explain to the tourists why they couldn't just "put it back on the grill and make it medium-well." I was convinced the police were next to be involved.
background for you : "bistecca" is how " beef steak" sound to an italian who doesn't speak english , in florence they learnt what a bistecca is and how cook it from english chefs
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I tried to order a aperitif rather than an digestif after a meal in Paris once. The waiter gave me a look of withering scorn, explained my stupidity and refused to serve me unless I ordered a proper digestif. I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me.
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Americans always have a horrible night of sleep so we need lots of caffeine if we don't have a lot of caffeine we die from lack of energy
HAHAHAHAHAHA TRUE ! .... Same as ordering parmigiano cheese on any seafood pasta .... It's a sin in Italy ... But I still love it !
Whatever. I eat breakfast for dinner and leftover dinner for breakfast. Eat/drink what you want, when you want.
Or put ketchup on pasta/pizza, or ask for Spaghetti and meatballs, or say that a glass of wine for breakfast/lunch is alcoholism...
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 🇬🇧
