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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The main point I see regarding the word “American”, is that people of the USA have pretty much claimed it and use it to refer to themselves, regardless of the other definition of it. So we roll with that lol

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the future is bilingual cognates

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The populace or the languages? Or both?

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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)

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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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Why is it baby Yoda though?

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Because Yoda is one of the galaxy’s most recognized linguists?

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O futuro é bilíngue

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Estou cansado,… Je suis fatigué de tout 😂

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