The crux of the prank that led to the “do you speak English or Spanish” meme is to approach one or more individuals who appear to be straight in a public place and say “el que se mueva es ...

I did it endearingly, I thought, but no one liked it. ‘Do you speak English?’ was a belittling phrase often heard at school, when teachers tried to work out if we had understood, or why we had ...

Funding Sequence: Do You Speak American?has been made possible ... And we might not feel comfortable speaking English – they should catch onto it. And we are, you know we are putting it out ...

So I’m setting out on a journey now to see what’s happening to English in the United States. What answers do you get today when you ask: Do You Speak American? LINGUISTS WHO STUDY THE AMERICAN ...