Sign to report employees not speaking English at doughnut shop creates a stir

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11. I think his claim was that

his grandparents had to learn to speak (whatever halting) English but he leaves out that obviously his parents were the translators for them.

Sadly there are many immigrants who come here who are crab-in-the-barrel folks who want to impose some overly-strict set of rules on subsequent immigrants. It's been an American "tradition". Meanwhile if one travels around the world, they will find many who are multilingual - particularly those who live near borders of neighboring countries and/or who live in areas where multiple ethnic groups (who speak different languages/dialects) happen to congregate or pass through.

There is a standard "joke" that says -

Q. What do you call someone who speaks three languages?
A. "Trilingual"

Q. What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
A. "Bilingual"

Q. What do you call someone who speaks one language?
A. "American".