Language barrier

Four-year-old: Mommy, that girl speaks English!
Mother: Yes, she does.
Four-year-old: But nobody here speaks English. Does she really speak English?
Mother: Of course she speaks English! She's white!

http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/06/canadians-in-ecuador.html

Overheard by: katie

Girl: Woah, when did you get here?
Boy: Everywhere.
Girl: I asked when.
Boy: Oh. Uh. All the time.

Spokane, Washington

College girl from England: Hey, whoa, are you drunk?
College girl from Prague: No! I'm Czech!

Royal Holloway University of London
England

Customer pointing to guacamole: Can you put some of that Guatemala on it?

Chipotle
Washington, DC

Girl arguing her bad translation is correct: Wait, this sentence says, ‘I am… To be… Entered’!

Grad-level French class
California

Overheard by: Not Willing

Girl #1, playing boardgame: You steer a boat with this.
Girl #2: An udder?

Edinburgh
Scotland

Overheard by: Ben seven

Short brunette teen girl: Haha.
Tall blonde teen girl: What?
Short brunette teen girl: I have clearly been watching too much porn cause I can actually read that sign in Spanish.

Missisauga
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: was the sign advertising a strip club?

20-something girl freaking out after hanging up cell phone: I can't do this! I can't talk to him right now! Will you pretend to be me?
20-something friend: I can't! He'll know because of my lisp!

Chipotle
Lawrence, Kansas

Overheard by: Alexandra

Six-year-old boy in coffee shop: Mom! I did not come here to talk!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/415185975/just-get-me-my-milk.html

Overheard by: he's got an agenda

Girl, seeing random guy screaming gibberish: What was that?
Guy: Don't worry about it.

Bellingham, Washington