"This is Merica, why don't learn english?"

[Ronin13]

You invalidated your entire post with your second sentence. Face palm.

How so? Because the law is written in English it is pretty much implied, even if it is not explicitly stated.

[ZERO THEORY]

Builder-construction worker
Vicar-priest
Motorway-freeway
Crisps-potato chips
Chips-fries
Garden-yard
Estate-public housing
Pissed-drunk
Knackered-tired

[davsel]

Bugger, bollocks, and yob - Congress

[Dingo]

England

Taking the piss: having a joke on someone
Comedy: men in womens' clothing with silly voices
Beer: warm, muddy water

[Dingo]

Scotland

Taking the piss = punch in the face
Comedy = unexpected punch in the face
Beer = before and after punch in the face

[Dingo]

'Merica

Taking a piss = recycling water in the great circle of life
Comedy = endless angry black comedians "joking" about race
Beer = snobby, overpriced, but delicious microwbrews

[Dingo]

Mexico

Taking a piss = on a streetcorner wherever there's room
Comedy = chicken costumes and mariachi music
Beer = collected and packaged on said street corners. See line one.

[TheGrey]

America is a descendant of England which speaks English.

You're forgetting the Indians, who were here before the colonists.

Not to mention the fact that there were a great many immigrants coming from places other than England.

I see what you're saying, but it's not quite correct.

[Dingo]

You're forgetting the Indians, who were here before the colonists..

Who actually weren't Indians at all, but misnamed by a foreigner who forced his culture quite unpleasantly upon them. Co-existing and welcoming the European culture worked out so well for them...

[TheGrey]

Who actually weren't Indians at all, but misnamed by a foreigner who forced his culture quite unpleasantly upon them. Co-existing and welcoming the European culture worked out so well for them...

Yep. It's what conquering nations do.