Aliens Speaking English/Quotes

"Homer: How is it that you speak English?

Alien: Actually, we're speaking Rigellian. By coincidence, our languages are exactly the same."

- The Simpsons, a Treehouse of Horror short.

"To make things easier, everyone speaks English."

- A short story about humans meeting aliens. In Portuguese.

"Graeme: How come I can understand you? Are you using some neural language router?

Paul: Actually, I'm speaking English you fucking idiot!"

- Paul

"Farnsworth: Our only hope is to communicate with the aliens, and show them our peaceful intentions.

Bender: Perhaps they speak perfect English... as do we.

Farnsworth: We can't take that chance! We'll need my universal auto-translator!"

- Futurama, "Reincarnation"

"The humans are having a dick-waving competition with various aliens that all speak perfect English, in various American dialects."

- Yahtzee reviewing Mass Effect

"''Letter: Dear Stargate SG-1, why do all the aliens speak English?

Christopher Judge: Oh Crap, they found out about that.''"

- Sci Fi Channel Stargate SG 1 special

"''Chel: Hmm... How do you speak English so well?

Lexx: I'm not speaking English. You're speaking Galactic Standard.''"

- Alien Dice, in a rare Inversion