The version of English spoken in the USA, I call American.
Of course, there are regional accents and word usage within
the Americn language.

Some politicians have changed the USA from "melting pot" to
"salad bowl" where communities refuse to blend in. I think
that's a shame.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Grizzly" wrote in message
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
I had much the same impression, the couple time I've been
in
Lowe's. I wish people would learn to speak American, which
is noticably different than English.

North America is a continent. The predominant language of
North America
is English. Mexico and Central and South America are also
part of the
Americas and the language spoken there is predominantly
Spanish.
Mexicans and South and Central Americans are speaking
"American" too,
just not the language you happen to prefer. They are here to
stay, and
their kids are learning to speak fluent English. In a
generation or two
they will assimilate just as people of other nationalities
have. My
Italian great grandmother never learned English even though
she lived
here for over 20 years. My grandmother was fluent in Italian
and English
and My father could understand Italian and German, but was
only fluent
in English. I can recognize a few words of Italian, only
because I took
a latin based language in grade school: Spanish. It doesn't
hurt to
broaden your horizons a bit and learn a little bit of
another language.
You may be surprised at how well it will serve you some day.
America is
a melting pot, people who come here do eventually learn the
language, it
doesn't happen immediately, it sometimes takes a generation
or two, but
eventually they assimilate.