Comedy

One of the things I love about communication between two people who don't share the same first language is that it can often be pretty comical. I'm talking here about people who really don't know the other's language. The hand gestures as both try to explain what they mean, the facial expressions, the confusion. Ok, so it can be frustrating, but it can also be pure comedy, especially if the two people involved are up for a laugh.

In our local town, Kainantu, there's a fast food place. It's reasonably new - been there for a few months, or a year or so (I forget). The main sign out the front says 'Higlands Chicken'. No-one really knows if that's correct or if it's supposed to read Highlands Chicken, (as we're in the Papua New Guinean Highlands). And inside there's this poster reassuring patrons of the quality of the food; a good example of the comedy of language:

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