Language Cartoons

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

"I have to remember that Arabic is read the way it's written - right to left. I once read an Arabic recipe left to right and made a cup of rice, a pound of ground lamb, and a jar of greens out of a plate of stuffed grape leaves."

"I'm not sure if I'm stressing the right syllable in the wrong word, or stressing the wrong syllable in the right word, but it's starting to stress me out."

"Here's something. It's a language school that will teach you to speak French for $500, or for $200 they'll just give you an accent."

"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?"