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According to a 2001 Gallup poll, how many Americans can carry a conversation in a language other than English? TPIR rules. -- nm

Posted by Mop (219 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 14 '10, 13:16

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25% for the u.s. at large, 75% in california. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 13:20 26
- Winner! The actual number is about 26%. What are the top 3 languages? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:22 25
  - Until last week, it was Russian -- nm - Andrea si Jul 14, 13:26
  - Spanish, Portuguese, Canadian. -- nm - Loyola Jul 14, 13:25
  - spanish, french, german (a lot of it has to be what's taught in the most schools, eh?) - b. Jul 14, 13:24 16
    - this was my second choice (German) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:25
    - You memorize these polls, don't you? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:25 14
      - I don't think I buy that. - decline Jul 14, 13:29 5
        
        Chinese-American does not equal Chinese speaker. -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 13:30 1
        
        yep. I've seen this a lot. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 13:32
        
        *shrug* Here's the poll. -- (link) - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:30 2
        
        Isn't 1000 a rather small sampling? and funny, they simply asked the people if they could carry a conversation - not varified that they could -- nm - decline Jul 14, 13:33 1
        
        fwiw, I clicked around wikipedia and found that census data from 2000 showed different results, but they asked a different question. - b. Jul 14, 13:37
      - sometimes! - b. Jul 14, 13:28
      - I expect Spanish is because of heritage while French is because of educational choices. German? I don't know. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:26 6
        
        I think spanish is from heritage combined with popularity in schools in big population states. -- nm - b. Jul 14, 13:31
        
        Those are the three languages that were taught when I was in high school. I'd say ASL would rank up there as well nowadays. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:29 4
        
        Same here, but I doubt that more than 1 in 10 people who took one of those languages in HS could hold a conversation -- nm - decline Jul 14, 13:30 3
        
        the people who're answering are self-describing and may well think they can. (I think it's a higher number than you in any case, for at least bare- - b. Jul 14, 13:39
        
        Donde esta la biblioteca? - Dr.Vermin Jul 14, 13:35 1
        
        Aqui. Donde esta mis pantalones? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:38
  - Spanish, Chinese and Hindu (?) -- nm - decline Jul 14, 13:24
  - Spanish, French, Chinese -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:24 1
    - 2/3 -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:24
  - Spanish, Chinese, Korean. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 14, 13:23
  - Spanish, Polish, German -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 13:23 1
    - 2/3 -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:24
31.250% -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 13:19
15% -- nm - mara Jul 14, 13:19
23% -- nm - Loyola Jul 14, 13:19
20%? -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 13:18 1
- 22% -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 13:20
"Americans?" 1%. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:18 3
- Think of all the Spanish-speaking citizens. -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 13:20 1
  - Arizona doesn't count them. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 13:23
- Why do we have all these signs and forms printed in Spanish??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 14, 13:19
20% -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 14, 13:17 1
- Damn it! -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 13:19
47 million -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 13:17 3
- (in percentages... it's all I've got) -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:18 2
  - That would be 16.7% of the 2000 population. -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 13:20 1
    - Yeah, sorry. I could have run the numbers myself. I'm a slacker. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 13:21
10% -- nm - decline Jul 14, 13:17

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