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1	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a_language_all_my_own_betty_boop.jpg]]
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3	->Got a language of my own
4	->known in every foreign home
5	->You surely know it is
6	->[[CharacterCatchphrase Boop-Boop-Be-Doop! Boop-Boop-Be-Doop!]]
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8	"A Language All My Own" is a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon by Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer that released on July 19, 1935.
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10	Betty travels to Japan to do a show.
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12	This cartoon was specifically made in response to the popularity Betty Boop was having in Japan. It is in the PublicDomain.
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14	!!Tropes Used in This Short:
15	* AdventurerOutfit: Betty wears an aviator outfit while traveling by plane.
16	* FlowersOfFemininity: When Betty dons a kimono, she also places a flower in her hair.
17	* InstantCostumeChange: Betty transforms her LittleBlackDress into a traditional kimono by stretching out the fabric in a way that would be impossible outside of a cartoon.
18	* InstantlyDefeatheredBird: Betty speeds past a bird and the resulting wind removes all the bird's feathers.
19	* KimonoIsTraditional: Betty changes into a kimono for the second part of her song.
20	* MediumBlending: The "Rotograph" technique was used when Betty first entered Japan to make a small model landscape in front of a drawn background.
21	* MultilingualSong: Betty sings the title song in both English and Japanese.
22	* ShownTheirWork: Animator Myron Waldman worried that Betty's gestures might offend the conservative Japanese audience, so he asked a group of Japanese college students to review his work.

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