Language Cartoons

"There are several regional dialects to the Arabic language. Right now we're learning the falafel sandwich shop dialect."

"Now c'mon Darryl. Japanese grammatical order is subject-object-verb. Not smile-point-shrug."

"I'd ask for directions in German, but I don't know how to form a question into the shape of an apology."

"Honey, please! Be patient! How's anyone going to know what's wrong unless I find the Russian word for 'alligator?"

(Adult Ed. Conversational Hebrew) "My wife and I are taking the course together. I figure I only have to learn half as much, since she finishes all of my sentences anyway."

"So far you've called a rickshaw, a unicyclist, and a Zamboni. I really wish you'd learn the Italian word for taxicab."

"You want me to use the pasato remoto? What does the channel changer that came with our Japanese television set have to do with learning Italian verbs?"

"Maybe next time you'll learn your negative verbs in French before having a suit made in Paris."

"I wasn't sure how to ask in Korean for our shoes back after the meal, so I just ordered them for dessert."

(Garderobe) "What do you say - formal or informal greeting?"