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American language 

What people who speak English speak
Another word for British or English
I wish I could talk another language but American language some days
American language by 459395 February 19, 2022

Anglo-American language

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡ.loʊ əˈmɛr.ɪ.kən læŋɡ.wɪdʒ/
Definition:
A reinvented language combining elements of Anglo-Norman, Iberian-Romance subfamilies, and neologisms starting from 2024. Designed to phase out Scandinavian-Germanic influences, ideally reducing them to less than 10%, or potentially eliminating them entirely.

Significance:
• It defines a radical departure from traditional American English by obliterating it of Scandinavian-Germanic roots.
• It emphasizes unity across cultures by integrating Latin and Romance elements.
• It identifies a fresh start for American English, abandoning old-fashioned structures.
• It avoids confusing pronunciations and irregular verb forms.
• It simplifies studying curves for non-native speakers.
• It improves readability and comprehensibility through clearer orthography.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms with Latin and Romance alternatives, similar to "Novlang".
Phrase: Anglo-American language
Examples:
• "The Anglo-American language employs purely Latin roots for expressing time-related concepts."
• "Students benefit from the Anglo-American language's absence of irregular verbs."
• "Confusing homophones like 'ship' and 'sheep' are eliminated in the Anglo-American language."
• "This dictionary provides translations between Anglo-American and traditional English."
• "Immigrants appreciate the clarity and straightforward syntax of the Anglo-American language."
Anglo-American language by Dmitrio October 6, 2025

American Sign Language 

A series of hand gestures, each representing a letter of the alphabet or an entire phrase; Very useful to deaf people & also if you're somewhere ya gotta be quiet so you just sign instead of talk. It originated in the early 19th century in the American School for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
Monica's daughter is deaf so I got to see American Sign Language in action. It was a very interesting experience & her siblings knew how to sign too; their fingers just flew!

American Sign Language 

American Sign Language (or ASL) is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico
"ASL Classroom was amazing! Right away I noticed improvement in my signing, and it was so great to be able to practice with other ASL learners twice a week. It was wonderful to finally get any questions I had about American Sign Language answered and the teacher was always so helpful. I learned so much!
aslclassroom.com

American Sign Language 

The only sign language I know, which can be bad, because I am deaf, and I have been to other countries, such as Germany, Australia, and Serbia, and their Sign Language is far more complex than ours.
Russia is the hardest compared to American Sign Language...

American sign language 

I thought for many years this was slang for flipping someone the bird (finger)? I mean NO disrespect to the deaf of course, Marlee Matlin as gorgeous!
He gave her the kiss-off in "American sign language".
Serves her right, dopey blond tried to look it up in the official sign language manual!
American sign language by Heli_Ebook February 25, 2011
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I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
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Ajumma wait a moment
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