Do the English Speak English?
Do the English Speak English?
I arrived
in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know
the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very
carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand
me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered
me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner,” I said. Then
he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English
like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said
something and I understood it. “You’ll soon learn English!” he said. I wonder.
In England, each man speaks a different language. The English understand each
other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?
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