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One coupling sometimes found in fiction is when a man and a woman pair up despite not having any kind of common language. They still manage to have all of the other aspects of a relationship. Usually the man speaks the language that the audience is expected to understand.

 

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== [[Advertising]] ==

* There was a commercial that came out ages ago about a man and woman having lunch together at a lavish café. The two were smiling at each other and holding hands. All the while, the man was murmuring things to her in [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|French]]. The woman's response? "I don't understand a word you just said, but I ''like'' it." Ohoho, [[Unsound Effect|scoff, scoff]]. For all she knew, the man could have told her that she smelled like rotten cheese and the woman would not have batted an eyelash.

* The short-lived TV series [[Aliens In America]] played with this, when the protagonist's little sister falls in love with a German exchange student, neither of which speaks the other's language. They spend the episode making out and being adorable, until at the end someone gets them a translator, and he realizes to his horror she's been going on about clothes this whole time, while she sees to ''her'' horror that he spent his time talking about video games. They break up on the spot.

* The TV show ''[[Two Guys, a Girl And A Pizza Place]]'' plays on this when Pete falls in love with a beautiful woman who only speaks French. When someone is finally able to translate a conversation, he discovers that she is a terrible person and a racist.

 

== [[Theatre]] ==