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1* The Thing trying to adjust its language to deal with the less technically-advanced nomes.
2--> '''Thing:''' Vitally important I communicate information of utmost significance to community leaders, concerning imminent destruction of this artifact.\
3'''Masklin:''' I'm sorry, could you try that again?\
4'''Thing:''' You do not comprehend?\
5'''Masklin:''' I don't know what "comprehend" means.\
6'''Thing:''' Evidently language has changed in ways I do not understand. I will endeavor to clarify my statement.\
7'''Masklin:''' Oh. Jolly good.\
8'''Thing:''' Big-fella Store him go Bang along plenty soon enough chop-chop?
9* And when Masklin misunderstands the Thing later on.
10-->'''Thing:''' Do you even remember that you are shipwrecked?\
11'''Masklin:''' I'm Masklin. I don't know who Shipwrecked is.
12* This conversation, from the TV series.
13--> '''Vinto Pimmie:''' ...So this girl fell down this hole, and there was a white rabbit! Oh, a rabbit, er, a big, white, furry thing...\
14'''Grimma:''' Yes, we know rabbits. There were lots of them where we lived.\
15'''Vinto:''' Really?! With watches?\
16'''Grimma:''' Well, we didn't ask them the time...\
17'''Vinto:''' Oh...\
18'''Grimma:''' We ATE them!
19* The Nomes' attempts to drive a truck. Especially when they spot a sign "Road Works Ahead". [[AmbiguousSyntax They're quite happy for the confirmation.]]
20* Masklinn giving some thought to where the wind could come from, eventually coming to the conclusion that it is the leaves in the trees moving that cause it.
21* In ''Wings,'' Thing is horrified at the thought of countermanding the orders of a Nome. It immediately changes its tune after watching Angelo try to land.

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