in the study of Language Policy, Sociolinguistics, and Dialectology |
- Go to page devoted to Crocs cartoon pages
also known as Pearls Before Swine. Notice that the male crocs speak "Crocese" but the female crocs, and the
young crocs speak 'standard' English.
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This cartoon makes more sense when viewed together with one further down below, depicting a taxi with a sign on the top saying "English spoken."
A cartoon of Hagar the Horrible trying to teach a duck to "quack" correctly.
- A cartoon featuring two boys, one Curtis, the other named "Gunk", who is an immigrant (from "Flyspeck Island") and spoke another language (Gobbonoolosh, a time-honored ancient language) as a child. Gunk then tries to teach Curtis how to speak Gobbonoolosh.
- Click here to go to separate page of "Non-Sequitur" strip where Danae tries to create a "universal language".
These images appeared in the comics section of the Washington Post on July 3, 2011. They tell the story of the first printing, done by a German printer in Philadelphia, of the Declaration of Independence. The version he printed was in German. 
A cartoon illustrating a negative stereotype of the so-called 'Brooklyn' dialect
of New York Non-standard English.
contributed by Michael Friesner
(contributed by Jon Reyner)
(contributed by Dennis Barron)
Image represents Thomas Babington Macaulay being manipulated by the British colonial powers, while himself manipulating South Asia colonials. Macaulay is usually blamed for initiating the English language policy for higher education in colonial India, back in 1835. Original is here. See also posting to lgpolicy-list on Jan 1, 2010.
This image, contributed by Zunar (Malaysiakini), shows various factions squabbling over the use of the term "Allah" for "God" in Malaysia, while politicians chuckle (and thank God) as they sweep other issues under the rug.
This cartoon was contributed by Slavomir Ceplo, who found it on a website in Slovakia.
Subtitles: (Person in purple): "We're from the Ministry (of Culture)".
(Person to her right): "This 'Cosi fan tutte', that's Hungarian, right?"
This cartoon's author is the well-known Horsey, and it appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines at the beginning of the New Year 2011.
