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Why do some Americans get angry at other people for not speaking English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I god, obey! Chauvinism, pure chauvinism. Tho ... english ... is a melting pot of languages. As many other languages were before. So it might as well be the laziness of Americans. Forget where they or their ancestors came from and forget about politeness.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Americans aren’t saying that because they forgot that they were once immigrants. They’re saying it because they remember, and they remember how they themselves immigrated, then scrambled to learn and speak English.