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Originally Posted by x_sf_med
I grew up in NYC - "American" was an odd mix of English, Italian, Yiddish and whatever else was part of the neighborhood.
"Hey, Joey, you putz, you're giving me ajida, didi over here so I can bust you one in the head, you pinchi chingadero." Is an acceptable, intelligible and complete sentence in NYC. (apologies if the Spanish is offensive to anybody)
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I'm not sure if I understand the meaning of your post. Do you think we should or shouldn't have to choose to speak American English in America?
American English is a very fluid language, incorporating words from many languages. Your sentence is American English (structure, grammar, terms) incorporating individual words from other languages, not the reverse. If you had to choose one language for that sentence, what would it be?