"Probably the most difficult thing is speaking English all day, " he says, massaging his jaw.
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The embassy is warning Americans in France to be careful about speaking English on the streets.
It's like two people speaking English but one person is from Brooklyn and the other is from Boston.
" He concludes: "In other words, you don't get it by speaking English.
This country is becoming more Balkanized by 137 foreign languages instead of the one foundation of everybody speaking English.
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America needed money and arms more than gallants (who, not speaking English, could not even communicate with Washington's troops).
Four weeks later, he had talked his way (speaking English and Mandarin helped) into a job as John Lone's double.
Then again, if English brings wealth why is Africa still downtrodden despite many Africans speaking English more fluently than the Japanese?
One of the four activists I met was obviously uncomfortable speaking English, even though born and raised in the United Kingdom.
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Naturalisation ceremonies are bilingual, and speaking English is not required for citizenship.
The Sotheby's member of staff on the telephone was not speaking English.
The Scots, fumes Charles Jones, a professor of English language at Edinburgh University, have been speaking English for just as long as those south of the border.
The youngest of five siblings all with American-sounding first names like Phyllis and Sidney Tsujihara grew up speaking English at home, even though his parents could speak Japanese.
When it came to speaking English, 20 of 50 sampled certificates - the university's seal of approval for a student - showed evidence that their English had not been properly tested.
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) wants the government to scrap the test - it says that breaking up families is more damaging than some migrants not speaking English.
The militants had said during the standoff that their band included people from Canada, and hostages who had escaped recalled hearing at least one of the militants speaking English with a North American accent.
"I would describe it as a combination of two great languages to create a new expression that is richer than just speaking English or Spanish, " says Cristina Burgos, who last year decided to write a blog in Spanglish.
But for the legal sort, the signs of mobility and assimilation are everywhere not assimilation as in becoming the same as everyone else, but assimilation as in becoming citizens, taking part in politics, enlisting in the army, paying taxes and speaking English.
Canada's linguistic politics require equal amounts for French-speaking and English-speaking Africa.
Illustrating the alienation immigrants feel in their adopted country is that the audience hears the cast speaking flawless English whenever the characters are actually meant to be speaking Russian among themselves.
You could see that here in this cathedral at Christmas Masses, speaking in English, German, Spanish and Italian.
One man came up to me, speaking in English, saying that they were happy to see the Iraqis going.
Some pupils arrive speaking no English: they are offered up to four years' specialist help, but expectations are not lowered.
Educational bureaucrats are in a snit over the passage of Proposition 227, which requires that non-English-speaking students be taught English as rapidly as possible.
He comes over well at home and (speaking excellent English) abroad.
It was a wonderful and strange little Christmas party, with us speaking no Dutch and the nuns speaking no English, except for the tiny bit Mother Superior knew.
After months of building that foundation, Yesh moves on to things her students might encounter in the day to day challenge of running a company understanding balance sheets, speaking fluent English, and hard sales and management skills.
"It is important we support medium-size companies, together with programs from national development banks, so they can access credit and be suppliers to Pemex, and make sure over the next few years that we develop a strong oil-servicing industry in Mexico that can grow and be regionally competitive, " he said, speaking in English.
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