“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?”