“You speak very good English for an American.”
“Americans were most likely good people...the only thing wrong with them, David thought, was that they spoke English very badly.”
“Bird, hesitating, recalled a line from the English textbook he was reading with his students; a young American was speaking angrily: Are you kidding me? Are you looking for a fight?”
“Does anyone here speak English? Or even Ancient Greek?— A very lost Marcus Brody”
“I‘ve said it once and I will say it again, why can‘t everyone just speak English? The Americans give it a bit of a go — why can‘t other nations?”
“Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?”