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Hand Language
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Common Denominators
(Update: per thoughtful input from the comments, added Portuguese as a widely-spoken language to fill in most of the other gaps, though now I'm feeling even less poly-linguistic. Decided against doing multiple shades for countries like Morocco [French, English] to keep the map simple. Anyone know if Mandarin Chinese is widely spoken anywhere outside China?)
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Culture Shock
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National Distaste
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Phocine Vulgarity
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Splitting Hairs
I know Columbus didn't really discover America. George Q. Ameriquá did!
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Odd Bird Out
In Icelandic it's "gaggala gaggala goo." Now THAT'S funny.
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Did and Done
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Slight Exaggeration
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Inspiration
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Adventure's Limit
To be fair, I'm pretty sure squat toilets are less wasteful, more hygienic, and better for you than the western kind. Still, some old habits die very hard...
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Vegetable Meat
ProTip: order the "diavola."
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Rookie Mistake
This one's another verbatim true story. I even stood all confident and proud of my German like in the second panel there.
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Hey lads and lassies - I like travel and language learning, you like travel and language learning. Why don't we talk about it some more? Excellent! To that end I've created the Itchy Feet Discussion Boards, a place where wanderlusters, linguophiles, expats, and all other assorted scum and villainy can come together to talk shop, make friends, and get answers from those who have gone before us.
Join the discussion now!
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Limited Creativity, Pt. 2
To be fair, I'm sure most Germans would find it equally funny translating certain English words literally. Heh . . . "Lichtkloß." Continued from part one.
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A Penny Saved
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Responsibilities Shirked
Of course, the crossroads will surely be back...but for now, the open road!
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Suspiciously Easy
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Foreign Food
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Vanilla Arabic
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Safety and Comfort
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