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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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Bumblebee 6 years ago
Thank you for the confirmation. A pretty useful guide actually! For people who don't know anything about it, very helpful and pretty easy to see the difference. Though I am still a little bit confused, because Japanese has different alphabets (don't know about the other languages). And at least the Japanese Kanji also has a few "buildings" like the Chinese have. Though with most of the few, you can see the "feet" of the buildings, which I suppose is not the case in Chinese? But overall, this guide is pretty helpful and fun to observe which language you see.
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DancingToMyself 6 years ago
It looks more like boobs, but nah... because reasons. :)
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BROOKE NGUYEN 6 years ago
I legit speak vietnamese at home, *quickly writes it down and shows it to my parents*
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Isle_of_stressed_pilots 6 years ago
I accidentally broke a window shutter in Italy when I was younger, and one of the old ladies watching me started yelling at me...
Artur Niedzielski 6 years ago
As a Polish I must partly agree. Now there are many CCTV in cities.
Lizzie the Crayon 6 years ago
As someone who lives in the UK, this is so true. Cameras are hidden, never forget that...
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Eunice Probert 6 years ago
Ah now that explains Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
My head aches oh goodness. How do you pronounce that?!
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Blue Cicada 6 years ago
English vowels: a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y. Welsh vowels: y. It's usually y.
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gibbon 6 years ago
The English introduced a vowel tax on the Welsh language in 1405 as retribution against Owain Glyndwr. And as an act of defiance, the Welsh removed them from as many words as possible.
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Valerie Lessard 6 years ago
are they kidding? the street food in asian countries is amazing. cheap, fresh and made with love
Non-New-Toni-An 6 years ago
I love thailand, but in a restaurant, patrons washed their hands after the toilet in a sink filled with crockery! You have to be very careful about hygiene!
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Kaisu 6 years ago (edited)
As a Finn, I can confirm this is 100% true. Finns are very particular about their personal space and you absolutely do not touch strangers if you can avoid it
HANS 6 years ago
You could say they're finicky about their personal space.
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Cecilia Martinez 6 years ago
I'm an Argentinian and I've also been to Finland. I can confirm this is 100% true
DiegoS 6 years ago
True in Argentina. We like to touch each other. Nothing bad happens except inflation.
Cecilia Martinez 6 years ago
I'm an Argentinian and I've recently been to Finland. This is 100% true haha
Pamela Scott 6 years ago
Okay that settles that will be going to Finland instead of Argentina!!!
DancingToMyself 6 years ago
What are the choices that you have! Ice and dark, or Sun and tropical climate?
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Tal Jamchi 6 years ago
Ahh yes,I recognize thi place, its the the maginificent city of Romeberlinathensparis!
Charlotte Brine 6 years ago
Thank you for the UK clarification. For a moment upon seeing your comment I assumed this was the city of Bristol (Ukraine!)
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Carol Anne Benoit 6 years ago
I need to write a book. It has to do with sudden darkness, a pathway, the sound of frogs and a warning to stay away from the sound of the frogs because of the snakes that eat the frogs.....
boredhuman 6 years ago
This is so true. I remember one time I literally had to run to the pier to catch the sunset. I could see the sun going toward the skyline in an immense speed.
miten sasmita 6 years ago
Bahaha then I guess southeast asian will be stressed out to see sun at 9 pm
Jessica JD 6 years ago (edited)
A lot. I don't know the proper word for that, but the sun starts to go down around 5-5:30 and it's not totally dark until 7:45-8h at this time of the year. I live in Canada
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Astrowhale 6 years ago
Thos is so true! I went to Finland and saw tge sun setting, and thought I had to get home quick. I got home and like 40 minutes later its dark.
Anna Repp 6 years ago
I remember the opposite happen to me. I mover from Russia to the US when I was a kid, and the US is much further south than the place where I used to live in. Darkness comes pretty quickly here (but not as quick as in the tropics.) When I went to visit my hometown 0 years later I was stunned - the sunset was two hours ago, it is 11 pm and it is still light outside!
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Mascha Claessens 6 years ago
I have to cross the terrifying Erasmus bridge every day.. :( XD
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better version of alex 6 years ago
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
Carol Martin 6 years ago
True! I live in the Swiss Alps, a 5 minute Walk feels like a workout 😁
Tanja Caloi 6 years ago
Swiss here. absolutely true. and I live in the "flat" part of Switzerland. *sigh*
Jana Harms-Bouw 6 years ago
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!!!
Luc Rochefort 6 years ago
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...
Jana Harms-Bouw 6 years ago
Bahaha!! They call that bike an "omafiets"...a grandma bike.
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What the Netherlands doesn't have in hills it make up for it with fierce wind.
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Erika Drewke 6 years ago
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
CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
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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Jainu Jogani 6 years ago
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
Kyana Winter 6 years ago
As an American, I confirm this to be very, VERY true. I also can't emphasize the sales tax one enough.
Display Name 6 years ago
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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Dedda Rogers 6 years ago
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
Maysa Niyazova 6 years ago
aaaahahaha "Don't make eye contact!" YES! NOBODY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE SMILES ON THE STREET! IT'S WEIRD, PEOPLE!!!
Blue Cicada 6 years ago
In other countries, they probably compost, or otherwise reduce waste, more than Americans do.
EM 6 years ago
The only two states in the US that don't have a sales tax on every little thing are Oregon and New Jersey.
Stacy Alexander 6 years ago
Not true. No sales tax in New Hampshire. Also several states don't charge tax on certain items, such as clothing.
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Uchman 6 years ago
My British Indian friend was mistaken for a Latino so many times when he went to Miami. They will just come up to him abd start rattling off Spanish and he will be like "whoa" 🤣
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Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
My sister once got complimented on her English whilst staying in america. She's 100% English.
Ashley Kellers 6 years ago
Im impressed the Taiwanese tried three languages! - Some struggle with one
Dream Wolf 6 years ago
Yeah but Hong Kong has cantonese too. A lot of people speak it (most people) and it's increasing
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Kanishka Rajawansha 6 years ago
Mostly, Sri Lankans think those people are Chinese. Because now there are so many Chinese people here..
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G13 6 years ago
For the USA the face needs to be inside the smartphone at a negative angle or something lol
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Meri Kassner-Gomez 6 years ago
Yes! All the tourists who come to NYC spend all of their time looking up and don’t pay any attention to where they are walking! It makes all of us native New Yorkers nuts! Especially when I’m trying to get to work and the sidewalks are crammed with people walking so slowly they could be stopped!
Bored Fox 6 years ago
Here in Finland it is also a huge dog poop problem. Most dog owners just don't care and if someone complains about the dog poop they always just show other trash like cigarette butts and say that they start collecting dog poop after other people start collecting trash. Especially in the spring when the snow is melting the walking paths just smell like dog poops of the whole winter.
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Nubmaeme 6 years ago
I experienced similar conditions while living in Alaska. You learn to live by the clock and not the sun. In the winter, the sun was only available between about 10AM and 2PM. In summer, it didn't get dark. Instead, you would put aluminum foil over your bedroom windows to block the light.
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Katrín Jóhannesdóttir 6 years ago
This is one of the things I miss from home, now that I live abroad
Sara Halldórs 6 years ago
The magical energy of summer in Iceland! <3 :D Winter - hibernation, summer - crazy action almost 24/7 xD
Leyla Abdulla 6 years ago
It's not bad at all. 24 hours light days meant: I was less tired, I ate only twice in those 24 hours, and slept between 00:00 and 04:00 , max 5 hours: but was full of energy! Sun and light really does good for the body and mind.
Arvydas Lanca 6 years ago
The whole territory of Iceland is below the Arctic circle, there are no Midnight sun or particularly long summer days and winter nights.
Kári Ævarsson 6 years ago
Er, what? Have you even been there? There most certainly is midnight sun in the middle of summer, and very few daylight hours in the darkest winter.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
Actually, it would be us on a mobile phone conversation. We don't tend to spontaneously break out in the national anthem.
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FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago
If slurping ramen is polite in Japan, guess I'm packing my bags, folks!
Jungabunga 6 years ago
I'm in Japan right now typing this. They slurp like crazy
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Wina Alkerchief 6 years ago
True.. I live in Indonesia. The majority people are Moslems. My house is so close with a mosque and the morning prayer start at 4.15 a.m depends on the sunrise.. I host people in my house since im on couchsurfinh. And majority of them coming from abroad was shocked and awaken when they hear the Morning prayer call. Few of them cursed though.. And i have to give my guests notification regarding the morning prayer call and giving them a ear plug to them..
Linda Robinett 6 years ago
I always heard the call to prayer in the distance. I liked the sound myself.
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Many years ago my family spent a week and change in Istanbul. The call to prayer from a mosque near our B&B made a great alarm clock.
Cathrine Simone 6 years ago (edited)
LOL, I can confirm the first two! LOL Japan is up at the top of my next to travel to list.
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Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
with sooooo many things. Water. Nail scissors. Alcohol. Tweezers. Shampoo etc.
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
I started losing my trust in airport security when my cuticle scissors were confiscated. Geez - those blades were just a few millimeters long! I couldn't have held a squirrel hostage with those things!
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 6 years ago
I started losing my trust in airport security when one of them grabbed my breasts.
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Cat person 6 years ago
Actually last summer I was going through Austria and they let me take my razor. I thought I'd have to get rid of it but I asked just in case and they said it was allowed (in my carry-on)
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Ml7500 6 years ago
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...
fruit_panda 6 years ago
The people of Montpellier were incredibly patient and kind with me. I think Parisians who are tired of tourists give the entire country a bad reputation. (Seeing the behavior of tourists around the world, it's hard to blame them.)
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Stefie Boop 6 years ago
Not true :( First we do speak english (yes, yes) and we understand foreign accents because of all the people from the entire world who come to visit us all the time, please come to France to see by yourself...
Leyla Abdulla 6 years ago
Yep, it's mad! I gave up my Duolingo French course, because no matter how I repeated the word, it wasn't accepted by the program. Wrong pronunciation? French had too many letters, written to not be pronounced, while imaginary ones are being spelled. I need more sense to a language.
Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
as a french speaker (native language is english), and having heard the plethora of ways different nationalities pronounce certain french words, I can fully understand why the french have difficulty understanding. The challenge is, just like english, french is not a phonetic language ie it doesn't look like it sounds. (eg "language" = "lang-widge". "phonetic" could be read as "phone-tic" or "p-hon-e-tic", whereas it is pronounced as "fon-et-ic". Same challenges with french)
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Louise Brigance 6 years ago
Even if you don't add to your existing stuff, why does the stuff you originally packed seem to grow or expand when you pack to go home? Dirt takes up that much space?
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Maria Alexandra 6 years ago
Nope. Sorry, one of those weirdos who has perfect order on my way back too :p
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Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
And all non-americans think "how many metres / kilometres is that?"
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it's me again 6 years ago
Well you take a left at Mr. Johnson's cow, but if she ain't thar then look for the old elm on the Smith's property that got cut down a couple years ago and drive about a tick thataway for a bit & you'll be thar in no time. ⬅️⬆️⬇️↗️
Giraffes Inc. 6 years ago
As a Californian, yup! Fortunately I live a bit further East than these freeways because they're usually a mess!
DotC 6 years ago
AZ is similar only we have a LOT fewer freeways. You do have to be careful with the 202. It is a big loop so you have to say Red Mountain (North side of the East Valley) or the SanTan (South side of the East Valley). 101 is tricky for outta towners, too. It starts in the SE of the county and turns West in North Scottsdale and goes all the way to the 17. The 303 is pretty much so West siders can get to the 17 without touching the 10 East.
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Maci Mae 6 years ago
I don't know if this is how it is in a lot of places, but where I live most of the roads are named for how long they are. So if somebody asked for directions, they would probably be told to "go straight on 3 mile, then turn left onto 5 mile. After that turn right onto 9 mile." XD
Anugerah Firdauzi 6 years ago
In my place, people will reply by mentioning the cardinal direction, like south, north, east, or west instead of going straight then taking left or right. This is so confusing for outsider who's new to the city
Cesi Baca 6 years ago
When people make these kind of freeway jokes @ CA they always forget to add the NSEW direction. You can’t just tell someone to get on the 710 for example. You HAVE to tell them either the 710 north or the 710 south or you use the city name for that freeway heading in the right direction. Anyone who has gotten on the freeways in California heading in the wrong direction knows how quickly that can becomes a nightmare how fast you can find yourself in the desert when you’re supposed to be heading towards the ocean. But actually freeway talk is kind of a thing of the past since everyone just uses their phones for directions now.
WillemPenn 6 years ago
Disagree. This is the route from Long Beach to Glendale. There is only one way these freeways connect together in this order so cardinal directions are not necessary. From Long Beach there is only one direction one can take the 710 and connect with the the 405: North. From the 405 there is only one direction one can take and connect with the 110: North, etc.
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Linda Robinett 6 years ago
You know that guy who was in charge of investigating Russian interference in the 2016 American election. Mueller should have an umlaut over the u and no e after the u
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
*Müller? :D Yeah, that would be the german writing of that name.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
The two dots on top of letters in Germanic languages. Üö
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Valeria Giannangelo 6 years ago
It usually goes like this: appetizer (it could be one dish or a few.. I once had 14), first, first second (not always), second, side dishes, second second (again, not always), fruit, dessert, coffee and digestive.
Suzanne Lee Rouland 6 years ago
Yes! My husband, unused to Italians, ate a lot of the lasagna on Thanksgiving. Then the host said "Let's bring out the first turkey."
Jane Laberee 6 years ago
This was holiday meals with my Italian ex-in-laws! So much food that something would always be left behind in the oven, to be discovered when we started cleaning up. "Hey, look! We forgot the stuffed mushrooms!"
Alejandro Suarez 6 years ago
There is a Christmas joke, when the grandma screams way past twelve that thay forgot dessert. But is on Spanish. Sorry. https://youtu.be/VY6jiIYjJVg
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Susan Bernardo 6 years ago
We stayed at an agriturismo in Italy a few years ago, and our bellies almost exploded. 14 courses...they just kept bringing food out! It was all delicious, but it soon became painful.
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Kaisu 6 years ago
It could be true from the perspective of someone who doesn't drink Turkish coffee often?
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Elifcan Duygun 6 years ago
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 :)
djinnjeannie 6 years ago
I refuse to believe that there is anywhere in the world that serves weaker coffee than that dishwater stuff the Americans serve
Giraffes Inc. 6 years ago
MmmmmMMMMmm, I used to make Turkish coffee at home, quite often. I can still taste it - pure deliciousness!
Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
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.
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Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
Accurate...except you have the "Mcmansion gated community" and "Suburbia"...but every city also has their "Sketchy & Red Light Blvd" part of town too...the one with subsidized housing and trailer parks....poorer people live in cities too!
Giraffes Inc. 6 years ago
Now now, we rarely put a park next to a Monstrous Highway Super Interstate (MHSI). Far too noisy. We like ginormous warehouses adjacent to the MHSI, maybe some nifty mega shopping centers ... but the downtown strip? Yup ;)
rachelle hamilton 6 years ago
It’s by the skyscrapers that we have no parking. It’s all metered or you have to pay to park. But there is tons of parking in the suburbs.
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Hidden Memes 6 years ago
Hmm. It would appear that a Demoman has taken the Spy's Engineer disguise.
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Petra Schaap 6 years ago
you gotta be quiet or you'll scare the Finns ;-)
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Chech Dasaus 6 years ago
I know both types of finns those who barely ever say a word. And those who dance naked on the footbridge after 10 beer.
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Bored Moogle 6 years ago
Americans are chronically sleep deprived. We need a constant infusion of coffee.
Michele Ottone 6 years ago
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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Bored Fox 6 years ago
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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Abraham Sanchez 6 years ago
Espresso si, cappuccino no. I believe it has to do with mixing milk with tomato-based sauce. You’ll have to ask an Italian. :-)
Jac Mala 6 years ago
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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Glenys Vargas de Sorrentino 6 years ago
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.
Steven Griswold 6 years ago
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.
Rodrigo “centoventicinque” Boschi 4 years ago
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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Laura G 6 years ago
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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Matthew Hignite 6 years ago
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
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Kaisu 6 years ago
I think it's very respectful to greet people in their native language when you travel abroad
Pamela24 6 years ago
I agree. I tried to learn a few sentences when visiting Estonia. The only problem was that I learned to say "Hello" (Tere) so well that they took it like that I knew Estonian fluently and replied back in Estonian. Really good for my self-esteem though. :D
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Angi Belsly 6 years ago
Disagree with the Korean - they are always complimentary when you use in Korean and are very proud of their language!
Alyse 6 years ago
I'm learning mandarin right now, and I gotta say this is completley accurate. All of the chinese people I've met are so impressed even when I've just said "你好吗？“
Gary 6 years ago
It's not easy though, I'm learning it on my commutes home in the afternoon.
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Daria B 6 years ago
Agree. Took me a year to become fluent. Learnt reading/writing on my own. Started speaking in 6 months of living there and attending the course.
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Ruth Sneddon 6 years ago
Translation: There's a nice cottage in the small valley just past the farm by the edge of the lake.
Ashley Wright 6 years ago
The further north one goes in Scotland, the harder it is to understand them. That’s what’s so charming. I ❤️ Scotland. 🏴
pusheen buttercup 6 years ago
lol XDDDD my dad is scottish. he always says the actors have a good false scottish accent if I can barely understand them
Jennifer Crompton 6 years ago
So true!! I tried to read "A Scots Quair" because it's touted to be the best piece of Scottish literature there is, but I had to look up 20 words per page!! I thought most of the reason Scots are hard for me to understand was the accent but they have different names for everything it's nearly another language!! I had zero problem understanding things and people in Ireland, but Scotland is a whole other world! 😂😂
Nancy Baldauf 6 years ago
It scares me that I knew exactly what it means the first time I read it. Gotta start going to other countries.
Charlie Dick 6 years ago
well bothy is more like a shepherd's hut to shelter in the hills, even a but n ben is bigger but not cottage size.
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engineer_nope.avi 6 years ago (edited)
Just doesn't roll off the tongue, does it?
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Guy MacGregor 6 years ago
We say "Joyeux Anniversaire" in France. "Bonne fête à toi" is used in Quebec.
Alex Mickle 6 years ago
Yeah. I was like.. no that's not how we sing it at all.
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boredhuman 6 years ago
Is there a country where they don't sing birthday songs to you? I would like to immigrate there.
Tom Schmidt 6 years ago
VielGlückundvielSegenaufallDeinenWegenGesundheitundFrohsinnseiauchmitdabe
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_bittersweet_ 6 years ago
“I’m just opening my mouth and letting whatever spill out like an old bag of laundry” is what he said.
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Chech Dasaus 6 years ago
I used to think I can very well understand finish from the phone calls with my finish grandma and finish television. But whenever I hear finns talking tho each other I don't understand a single word.
Screaming Monkey 6 years ago
LOL!! I realized how sloppy I was when a coworker (native Chinese) had no idea what I was saying when I asked them, "Djeet yet?" (Did you eat yet? it was lunchtime...)
Ashley Wright 6 years ago
Americans have become quite lazy in their speech habits. (I can say this; I’m American😊). One thing that bugs me the most? “There’s three bowls on the table.” NO! It’s, “There’re three bowls on the table.”
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
What bugs me is when people are trying not to be sloppy and getting it wrong. For example, when they say something like, "The guy stood right between him and I." (It's "him and me" of course.) And when people are so afraid to use the word "me" that they incorrectly use the word "myself", as in "If you have questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Mary or myself."
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Paola Martz 6 years ago
With foreigners I speak Spanish, with my friends I speak "mexicano" Haha
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SnowyLynx 6 years ago
Similar in Hispanic countries. Tourists don’t know that you can bargain the price and get something for quite cheap—if you’re lucky that is.
Victor Manteca Hierro 6 years ago
You mean Latino America. In Spain, if you try that you'll get kicked out.
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EM 6 years ago
In many countries where the average income isn't very high, locals will have larger prices for visiting Americans, knowing that we will buy almost anything. Same thing with the police forces there. They will pull almost any American for the smallest infraction knowing that they will be able to pay.
Goldameir Mektania 6 years ago
Bwahahahahaha! typical south east asian. we have different unofficial rate card once we smell tourist.
Teri Donovan 6 years ago
I've found it helpful to just say "oh, thanks. too much" and start to walk away.
Gabb'z Gabriel 6 years ago
I am a Filipino and for my first trip outside the Philippines, I went to Thailand. People there are generally nice. They keep on talking to me in Thai (coz yes I do look like one). Before going back home, went to some shops to buy souvenirs ("pasalubong" in our native tongue) kept on bargaining even if I dont speak Thai. Went home without buying anything in its original price. My Thai host was impressed with my bargaining skills hehehehe what they dont know is that bargaining is a common practice in the Philippines too hehehehe
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Ane Torine Myrhaug Bæra 6 years ago
Especially considering the faxt that Japan is the country with the higest occurence of suicide and heart failure due to extreme amounts of stress.
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Cassie 6 years ago
Oh, if they are Patreon material, they should definitely come down. For anybody unfamiliar with Patreon, that's content only available to paid subscribers. Posting paid content anywhere free is not cool.
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We Were On A Break! 6 years ago
This is so great! The person who made these clearly knows what he's talking about. Both amusing and interesting.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
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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Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago
Come to Greece! You'll have a really nice time. Bonus: Here, people will laugh when you introduce yourself :)
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Maybe this is not his entire cartoon collection OR maybe still to come, EH? ;-)
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Danny Meeks 6 years ago
These are all really insightful and all very original. Some of the best cartoons I’ve seen for ages. Loved them.
We Were On A Break! 6 years ago
This is so great! The person who made these clearly knows what he's talking about. Both amusing and interesting.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
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... Άρης Παπαδόπουλος 6 years ago
Come to Greece! You'll have a really nice time. Bonus: Here, people will laugh when you introduce yourself :)
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Maybe this is not his entire cartoon collection OR maybe still to come, EH? ;-)
Load More Replies... Danny Meeks 6 years ago
These are all really insightful and all very original. Some of the best cartoons I’ve seen for ages. Loved them.
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