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In response to "According to a 2001 Gallup poll, how many Americans can carry a conversation in a language other than English? TPIR rules. -- nm" by Mop (219 lbs)

25% for the u.s. at large, 75% in california. -- nm

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Jul 14 '10, 13:20

the latter may be a more recent estimate, and not gallup. ;p

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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

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