The comment above is totally correct about "colloquialisms," but that fact applies to every language, not just English, and certainly not just to Americans. The language we learn in the textbook in our second language classes has little connection with what people actually use "on the street." The textbook teaches students to say, "How are you?" when greeting someone, but nobody actually uses that.
You're more likely to hear, "How's it going?" or "What's new?" Same in French, German, and Russian, though. The textbook is only a place to start learning, not an actual knowledge of the language.
And EVERYBODY speaks his own language rapidly, leaving words out, and slurring pronunciation, because we learn to listen "at native speaker rate." A student once told me that, if you don't understand what the words mean, English sounds like a bunch of pigs squealing. I'll never know, however, because I never actually hear the sound.
I only listen to the meaning.
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