Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for September 19, 2016
Transcript:
Class, today I'll be teaching you English. Why? We're not English, we're Americans. English is a language that many Americans speak. Ha! We don't say things like mate and cheeky. Gol darn it, dang blast it, Gabby! I'm teaching you English! Sounds more like French to me.
I love the story of a man who was in a queue in shop over heard a dark skinned woman talking to someone on her phone in a language that was not English. When sh finished he ignorantly said “This is America if you want to speak here speak English if you want to speak Spanish go back to Spain or Mexico.” The lady turned to him and said I am NOT Spanish or Mexican I am Native American and I was speaking Sioux. If you want to continue speaking English then go to England"