1899: a linguistic review (part 2 of 4) What worked well: - Characters pretending to be someone else, relying on people’s lack of knowledge of other cultures (a Chinese girl pretending to be a Japanese Geisha, a Portuguese man pretending to be a Spanish priest). - Characters unable to communicate because of a language difference. - Characters trying to guess the meaning of a communication in foreign language based solely on a single word (e.g. a proper name) and context. - Characters finding ways to express themselves without using words, by facial expressions, gestures, and touch.