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{{quote|<poem>'''
'''Rūmi:''' Japanese? What’s that? Are you talking about Caesarian?
'''Alien:''' Actually, we're speaking Rigellian. By coincidence, our languages are exactly the same.|''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', a [[Treehouse of Horror]] short.}}▼
'''Rūmi:''' Wait, why are you speaking Caesarian?
'''Youta:''' …</poem>|''[[Parallel Paradise]]''}}
{{quote|'''Homer:''' How is it that you speak English?
▲'''Alien:''' Actually, we're speaking Rigellian. By coincidence, our languages are exactly the same.
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', a [[Treehouse of Horror]] short.}}
{{quote|''To make things easier, everyone speaks English.''|A short story about humans meeting aliens. In Portuguese.}}
{{quote|'''Graeme''': How come I can understand you? Are you using some neural language router?
'''Paul''': Actually, I'm speaking English you fucking idiot!
|''[[Paul]]''}}
{{quote|<poem>'''Farnsworth:''' Our only hope is to communicate with the aliens, and show them our peaceful intentions.
'''Bender:''' Perhaps they speak perfect English... as do we.
'''Farnsworth:''' We can't take that chance! We'll need my universal auto-translator!</poem>|''[[
{{quote|''The humans are having a dick-waving competition with various aliens that all speak perfect English, in various American dialects.''|'''[[Zero Punctuation
{{quote|'''''Letter''': Dear Stargate SG-1, why do all the aliens speak English?
'''Christopher Judge''': [[Oh Crap]], they found out about that.''
|[[Syfy]] ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' special}}
{{quote|'''''Chel''': Hmm... How do you speak English so well?
'''''Lexx''': I'm not speaking English. You're speaking [[Common Tongue|Galactic Standard]].''
|''[[Alien Dice]]'', in a rare [[Inversion]]}}
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