Does Not Illustrate: Teasing From Behind The Language Barrier

The trope is saying things in a language the other party doesn't understand. The image instead illustrates The Illegible, which is a different trope.

From that page's manga section, this is an example.

Opened.

Current seems to be an example since shorthand is readable for those who know how to read it. Not feeling the "teasing" part in OP's suggestion. What's left is a Language Barrier.

Pull current for sure.

Meh. Pull.

Edit: Retracted. The description says shorthand is fine... even though I don't see how shorthand's modern-day usage (or lack thereof) is any different from the status cursive gained after improvements in technology rendered it useless.

Another edit: See my next post.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 4th 2020 at 3:49:38 AM

People who aren't trained in shorthand (i.e. most people), generally don't know what shorthand looks like; so to them, this looks just like random scribbles.

Edited by Spark9 on Feb 4th 2020 at 1:48:19 AM

Point taken, so I'm voting pull. Wouldn't that make it Just a Face and a Caption?

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 4th 2020 at 3:45:39 AM

Kind of, yes. It's a smily face with some text that most people won't be able to decipher (or even recognize as text); and the caption is basically "it's an example, take our word for it". That's either a straight JAFAAC or uncomfortably close to one.

Here's a crowner.

Hooked. I added "No pic for now" as I don't think this is a tricky enough concept to warrant a full-on BUPKIS rating.

Going ahead and bumping crowners. Two in the green so far.

One more bump; likely calling this tomorrow unless there's a serious change in the votes.

Going ahead and calling. The pic's pulled and the page is tagged. Locking up.

Former pic: