Mind Your Language

Mind Your Language (1977-1986) is a British comedy television series set in a school for mature students and focuses on the English as a Second Language class.

Season 1

The First Lesson

Danielle:I've come to learn the English. Have I come to the right place?

A Fate Worse Than Death

Ranjeet Singh:: Excuse me, is she resembling an elephant?

Miss Courtney:: I wouldn't exactly put it that way but she is rather large.

Ranjeet:: Blimey it's Surinder!

All Through the Night

Jeremy Brown:: (Showing a lemon juice) Giovanni?

Giovanni:: A lemon juice.

Jeremy Brown:: Juan? (showing him a milk)

Juan Cervantes:: Cow juice.

Jeremy Brown:: Milk.

Miss Courtney:: Do you know where we get milk from Juan?

Juan Cervantes:: Senora... from milkman!

Maximillion Papandrious:: Danielle should be waving by the window all by herself.

Jeremy Brown:: No Max, I'm afraid it wouldn't work.

Maximillion Papandrious:: It would if she took her clothes off!

I Belong to Glasgow

Jeremy Brown:: Mr Macgregor is from Scotland, which is a part of the Great Britain. The Great Britain is comprised of England, Ireland, Scotland and, Wales.

Juan Cervantes::No.

Jeremy Brown:: What do you mean "no"?

Juan Cervantes:: Not whales in England, whales in the sea!

Unsorted

• Ali Nadim (Pakistani): "Squeeze me please!", "Oh Blimey!", "Jolly Good","you damn fool!"
• Giovanni Cupello (Italian): "Santa Maria!", "Holy Ravioli!", "Silenzio!", "Hokay Kokay!", "I'm a cooker'a...I cooker'a'the every thing"
• Maximillian Papandrious (Greek): "Hokay!", "ok boss"
• Jamila Rahjha (Indian): "God heavening!","...master ji..."
• Deloris Courtney (the prim-and-proper English headmistress): "MISS Courtney, if you don't mind."
• Danielle Favre (French): "Zaz is very nice.i wuz like zo zu zam zing"
• Ranjeet Singh (Indian Sikh): "A thousand apologies."
• Chung Su-Lee (Chinese): "Chairman Mao, he says..." "The Democlatic Lepubric Of China", "...peace-roving Chinese!", "Mr Blown"
• Taro Nagazumi (Japanese): "Ah-so" (proceeds forward and bows)
• Juan Cervantes (Spanish): "Por favor?","s'awright", "One fate/fete/fit, Two fate/fete/fit!", "Wrong number!"
• Zoltan Szabo (Hungarian): "Bocsánat?"
• Anna Schmidt (German): "Wery Good!"
• Gladys the tea lady (English): "Her ladyship wants to see you"
• Jeremy Brown (English): "Is the old dragon in?"
• Sid the caretaker (English): "You sure you got the right cucumber?"
• Ingrid Svenson (Swedish): "I come here to English learn. We together sit?"
• Ranjeet Singh (Indian Sikh): "You half eaten Pakistani pappadum!"