Do You Speak American?

Release date : 2005-01-05

Production country :

United States of America

Production company :

MacNeil-Lehrer Productions,

Thirteen

Network :

PBS

Status : Ended

Total Season : 1

Total episode : 3

Popularity : 0.4468

7.7 Total Vote : 3

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Why is the English spoken by Maine lobstermen so different from thatscene from the broadcast spoken by cowboys in Texas? Does Spanish pose a threat to English as the dominant language in America? And what on earth do yins, wickety wack, ayuh, catty whompus, and stomping it clean mean? Robert MacNeil travels cross-country to answer these questions and examine the dynamic state of American English – a language rich with regional variety, strong global impact and cultural controversy.