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One very grateful audience is non-native speakers learning English.



Well, I showed it to my friend who I was teaching English while she was teaching me Spanish (although her English was very good) - but even I had to already know what things he was talking about to understand what he was talking about, much less to find it funny, although it's still hard to read. I don't think it would be great for English learners, as the kind of English used is not what you'd want to learn! And he uses the wrong names for everything. Wouldn't another version be better for English learners that just used the normal terms for everything? (That would be awesome!) It's not like Dr Seuss, using a very limited vocabulary but calling things but their right name, which I imagine but be entertaining and useful for English beginners. But if Thing somehow helps people, great. :-)


> Wouldn't another version be better for English learners that just used the normal terms for everything? (That would be awesome!)

That is just a visual dictionary, and there are plenty of those around. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?field-keywords=visual+dictionary




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