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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Do you speak American? #136760 01/02/2005 9:45 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park well, do you? there is a new PBS series with Robert MacNeil that is being aired on pbs, Do you speak American? see the pbs site for detail on when its being aired near you http://www.pbs.org/speak/ i don't know which station or stations produced it.. its starting in NY on Wednesday January 5th.... my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you speak American? #136761 01/02/2005 10:02 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Very interesting, of troy. Thanks for the heads-up. No, I don't speak all-American because all I speak is English. One of my cousins told me that there are places in Florida where one need not apply for a job unless fluent in Spanish. I expect that this is true for many places in the U.S. part of America and would hold true for languages other than Spanish and English. It would be an interesting list to read that showed which languages one would have to speak in order to work throughout all of North America. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you speak American? #136762 01/04/2005 8:44 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Francais, pour quebec bien sur et aussi pour quelque places en Nouveau Brunswick, Newfoundland et Manitoba et tout les positions avec le gouvernment canadien. (How'd I do bel?) And in Vancouver Mandarin or Cantonese would be very useful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you speak American? #136763 01/04/2005 9:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Thanks, Helen! I've posted it elsewhere, too. Edit: I see the website for the program is going to be hosting (tightly monitored) forums on American regional English. Details: http://www.pbs.org/speak/ask/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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