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No. 5006: Linguistics with Mustard

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Linguistics with Mustard

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5006

Strip by: Fußmatte

{The strip is repeated in five languages}
{Jon, holding a hot dog, asks Garfield for mustard}
{Garfield then splatters mustard all over Jon}
{Jon expresses surprise at Garfield's ability to comprehend his language}
Dutch:
Jon: Geef eens een beetje mosterd. [Give me a little mustard.]
Jon: Mijn god, mijn kat verstaat Nederlands! [My God, my cat understands Dutch!]
Polish:
Jon: Daj mi trochę musztardy. [Give me some mustard.]
Jon: O kurczę, mój kot rozumie po polsku! [Oh crud (lit. Oh baby chicken), my cat understands Polish!]
Brazilian Portuguese:
Jon: Me dar um pouquinho de mostarda. [Give me a little bit of mustard.]
Jon: Meu deus, meu gato entende português! [My God, my cat understands Portuguese!]
Irish:
Jon: Bíodh meall mustaird agam. [Give me a lump of mustard.]
Jon: A thiarcais, tuigeann mo chat Gaeilge! [My goodness, my cat understands Irish!]
Esperanto:
Jon: Donu al mi iom da mustardo. [Give me some mustard.]
Jon: Je la barbo de Zamenhof, mia kato estas samidean'! [By the beard of Zamenhof, my cat is an Esperantist!]

The author writes:

Thanks to my friends Dav999 (Dutch), Aizu (Polish), Coralbits (Brazilian Portuguese) and Féinléiriú (Irish) for the first four translations. And, of course, datredcat for the original SRoMG (#3752).

Original strip: 1991-02-07.