“Miami English”, like “Ebonics”, is the left’s latest attempt to normalize ignorance”
While English and Russian are the two most technical languages, I understand that English is the most difficult to learn because of all the nuances and slang and the continuous evolution of etymology. I have worked with Latinos who grew up speaking “Latino” and they have difficulty and they always will because it’s not their mother tongue and they cannot grasp every nuance if American English. British English can be difficult for Americans to decipher as can Australian English. Take this to bank... those coworkers were far from ignorant, and I learned a smattering of latino, to the point of - I might not understand everything they’re saying but I can usually figure out what they’re talking about.
One of the bigger problems with learning English is that it is actually two different languages: one as written and the other as spoken. We native speakers never notice the difference, but to others it is formidable.
Because the people who invented it and who teach and revere its greatest writers speak it so much better than we do. Even casual chats with Brits on a street corner are full of wit and articulation.
I'm not talking about decyphering the regional accents or temporary idioms, but the compound sentences and verb tenses and sheer fluency of great English speakers. Listen to Margaret Thatcher to the UK House of Lords, Nigel Farage to the European Union parliament or Boris Johnson giving a talk about Western Civ, and feel bested.