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Originally Posted by matthew330
Americans hear an accent and are immediately "where you from, what's that like, welcome....etc etc" How is it that we are the arrogant ones?
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Actually, what happens is the cops give you a ticket:
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/463496
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Jay Reeves
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, ALA.–Manuel Castillo drove through Alabama in a truck filled with onions and left with a $500 ticket for something he didn't think he was doing: speaking English poorly.
Castillo, who was stopped on his way back to California, said he knows federal law requires him to be able to converse in English with an officer but he thought his language skills were good enough to avoid a ticket.
Castillo, who says he speaks English at roughly a Grade 3 level, said he understood when the trooper asked him where he was heading and to see his commercial driver's licence and registration. He said he responded in English, though he speaks with an accent.
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