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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Spliffman1@lemdro.id to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Americans (inhabitants/citizens of US) when people from other countries come to theirs : "These people need to speak English"

Americans when they visit other people's countries : "Why don't these people speak English???"

EDIT : By the context of this post it's blatantly obvious which definition of 'American' is being used lol, but I added an explanation above anyway. 🙄 And yes there is more than one definition of "american", usually context makes it clear which is being used for most people

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[-] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

But some Americans already speak a little bit of another language.... ¿por qué piensa que nosotros no hablamos español en Florida? (Sorry off terrible still learning unfortunately)

[-] victron@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, your Spanish is perfect. But ain't that cool to live in a place where people can speak two languages? As a latin American who has spoken English for most of my life (yet I still mess up sometimes), I can't imagine only speaking one. Also, my daughter started learning ASL (just out of curiosity), so I'm helping her and learning a bit too, sice I think not enough people knows it. Sorry for the long comment, but communication is fucking important, specially good one.

[-] Spliffman1@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hahaha I go to Miami all the time, it feels like I'm in Latin America there. So yes, some Americans do speak Spanish. And Florida is definitely in the future already

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