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'''Rūmi:''' Japanese? What’s that? Are you talking about Caesarian?
'''Rūmi:''' Japanese? What’s that? Are you talking about Caesarian?
'''Rūmi:''' Wait, why are you speaking Caesarian?
'''Rūmi:''' Wait, why are you speaking Caesarian?
'''Youta:'''…</poem>|''[[Parallel Paradise]]''}}
'''Youta:''' …</poem>|''[[Parallel Paradise]]''}}


{{quote|'''Homer:''' How is it that you speak English?
{{quote|'''Homer:''' How is it that you speak English?

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Youta: Hey, why are you speaking Japanese?
Rūmi: Japanese? What’s that? Are you talking about Caesarian?
Rūmi: Wait, why are you speaking Caesarian?
Youta:

Homer: How is it that you speak English?

Alien: Actually, we're speaking Rigellian. By coincidence, our languages are exactly the same.
To make things easier, everyone speaks English.
—A short story about humans meeting aliens. In Portuguese.

Graeme: How come I can understand you? Are you using some neural language router?

Paul: Actually, I'm speaking English you fucking idiot!
Paul

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!

Futurama, "Reincarnation"
The humans are having a dick-waving competition with various aliens that all speak perfect English, in various American dialects.
Yahtzee reviewing Mass Effect

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

Chel: Hmm... How do you speak English so well?

Lexx: I'm not speaking English. You're speaking Galactic Standard.
Alien Dice, in a rare Inversion