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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
I drove from Northern California to Louisiana. I drove through five states. It took 4 days, 12 hours each. A whole day just to get through Texas.
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I remember my first week in the USA and some random walking down the street person smiled at me. I stopped to ask him if he knew me. #thingsyoulearn
As an American, I confirm this to be very, VERY true. I also can't emphasize the sales tax one enough.
Not all states have sales tax. I'm from NJ where there is no tax on clothing and groceries. I was very surprised when I moved to AZ and had to pay sales tax on these things.
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It's all true! Americans also like to put carpet on all floors and then walk on them with their dirty shoes lol They do like to put ice cubes in every drink but I actually like that one :D
aaaahahaha "Don't make eye contact!" YES! NOBODY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE SMILES ON THE STREET! IT'S WEIRD, PEOPLE!!!
In other countries, they probably compost, or otherwise reduce waste, more than Americans do.
The only two states in the US that don't have a sales tax on every little thing are Oregon and New Jersey.
Not true. No sales tax in New Hampshire. Also several states don't charge tax on certain items, such as clothing.
Load More Replies... I 100% agree on the portions. The "entrees" (the first small dish, before the main), are double the size of what I'd consider a main. The "mains" are 3-4 times the size. Then there's dessert - overladen with sugar to the point of nausea. And then, there's the misuse of terminology for each course. An 'entree' is what some states call the 'main meal', as opposed to the first course, small dish that starts the dining experience ie the "entrance" into the meal. Whenever I've travelled to the US with non-US friends, we often will have will share an "entree" as our main - and are still over-full. Yet, at the tables next to us, everyone is eating 3 courses (more than a day's food for us). Both myself, and my US friends are always surprised at eachother's dinner order. LOL.
(Keep getting errors while trying to post this, sorry if it posts more than once!) A thing many people traveling to the US for the first don't realize-- they don't expect you to eat the entire entrée by yourself, most people don't eat more than half. You just ask them for a "to go box" and bring the rest home. Usually eating out means having food for the next few days. I tend to only order a side (which is smaller than an appetizer) and only eat about half of that. Look at an American dictionary, it isn't just "states using the term wrong", that is just literally what the term means in the US. Entrée is the main course, and what most european countries refer to as an entrée, we call an appetizer. So if you've been ordering an entrée as an appetizer, that may be causing part of the confusion.
Load More Replies... Most of them I can relate to, but from my experience, Americans are not friendly people. They are actually quite cold and impersonal. Their relationships in general are fake. You can know someone for years and they are very careful to keep their distance. This is from over 20 years of experience living in the states.
I think this may be very regional. Remember that in the US, each state is the size of many countries in europe. If you think of how different each country's culture is, it is generally the same for states as well. I am from the north-east of the US and here, our main thing is honesty, so rarely do people have fake relationships. It's very looked-down upon. We're also not "fake friendly" like the south. I lived in Kanses and Georgia for short times and it was hellish for me because the people acted very different from what I'm used to. I think they mean well but it seemed a bit fake. Like the way someone at a store check-out smiles.
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LOL I remember my first time outside the states it was eye opening for sure... 20 years later I am an old pro :D
As the colonizers went west, states got bigger. I don't know how you can claim and keep land that big but they did. Eastern states (except NY and PA) are like European countries because it did not occur to the colonizers to do any different.
The colonizers stole it from the natives. Sorry, but that's the cold, hard truth.
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People aren't casually friendly in other countries? I find that hard to believe.
It's true though. In the eyes of many nationalities, americans act like they wanna be friends with you even though they do not. It can be heartbreaking.
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I had to remember that each of those little places were entire countries each with hundreds of years of unique history and very different cultures. One or two of the counties in my state are larger.
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.
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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 🇬🇧
