do we all speak English here?

My head cold has made it even more difficult than usual for people to
understand my American accent here; even my Kaonde seems to be more
difficult to understand. It works both ways, though, when I had to go
over the pharmacy orders for the month and was trying to figure out why
we were ordering 'cold cramps'. Alas, the Zambian 'l' and 'r' switch
got me again (you pronounce them the same), and what we really needed
were 'cord clamps', for umbilical cords. I do sort of enjoy the idea of
ordering up a bunch of cold cramps, however, and seeing what happens....