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In response to "25% for the u.s. at large, 75% in california. -- nm" by b.

Winner! The actual number is about 26%. What are the top 3 languages? -- nm

Posted by Mop (219 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 14 '10, 13:22

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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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