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I've hears stories of some Americans telling other people who are speaking a non-English language "This is America, speak English!" even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. Why do they do this?

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[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What gets me is when they complain about Spanish, a European language. Where does English come from, you may ask? Oh right! Europe!

So they're proud of speaking a language that's not even 'Merican. Learn Navajo, Comanche, or any of the several native American languages, then we'll talk.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

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