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