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?

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      No, and I do not agree with the above poster, but we’re aided in that most of our forms are in both English and Spanish, the two most common native tongues of people who live here.

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      6 months ago

      Legally, yes. But you’re going to have a bad time if you don’t speak at least some English.

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        6 months ago

        A friend of mine moved to LA from Germany to work for his German company. German was an option for the test at the DMV. He said the test was gibberish so he turned it in for an English test.