Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proudly and embarrassingly declared that he only "speaks American" while in a room filled with leaders from Latin America.
Or use big words when we don’t want them to understand.
Not sure if this is common knowledge among English speaking countries, but we in non English speaking countries use English when we don’t want our small kids to understand what we’re saying. 🫣
Honestly, the way they’re speaking. I’m fine with them calling it “american”.
It gives the rest of us a heads up that we should use small words so they can understand.
“English (Simplified)”
Or use big words when we don’t want them to understand.
Not sure if this is common knowledge among English speaking countries, but we in non English speaking countries use English when we don’t want our small kids to understand what we’re saying. 🫣