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Hegseth declares, 'I only speak American' to room full of foreign leaders (www.irishstar.com)

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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 points 17 minutes ago

I knew it lol I was waiting for it. I give it 6 months until the national language has been renamed to "American" through a illegal executive order

[–] Gort@lemmy.today 2 points 5 minutes ago

Oh, good to know, because he can barely speak English.

[–] Cybersheeper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 hours ago

Not beating the being stupid allegations...

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"I only speak one language"... to a room full of mostly bilingual people who also live in (central or south) America. 🤦🤦🤦

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

They should only speak Spanish to him just to piss him off.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago

He only speaks War Crime.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

There is a difference.
American is English but limited to a child's vocabulary. The language of simpletons

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They should then switch to spanish as their lingua franca for that meeting (brazillians could pull if off).
Or switch to esperanto.

[–] Blan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

No shit, it would be so damn funny if the whole world just switched over to Esperanto as second language, even if only to spite US and UK. Haah, one can dream the wildest things.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 21 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What language were they speaking in England before they stole one from USA?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

England? Well there was Cornish and Manx. Cornish went extinct in the 18th century but the last monoglot speaker died in the 17th century.

I am not counting Welsh since that is in Wales... And Scots Gaelic is in Scotland, its own country.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 15 minutes ago

The Scots and Irish keep Gaelic alive just to piss off the British.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 hours ago

Before or after the French took over in 1066?

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