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Re:Almost half of Californians speak a non-English language ... by mrweasel on Friday November 24, 2023 @12:27PM (#38406166)
It's amazing that this is being studied, but it's some rather weird reasons. You have people who migrated to the US in the 1950 - 1980 from Europe, they didn't care about losing their ability to speak their native language. It's alway interesting to hear a Dane that moved to the US 50 - 70 years ago. Their language is frozen in time but still fairly good.
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Re:Almost half of Californians speak a non-English language ... by demondemidi on Friday November 24, 2023 @01:07PM (#38406556)
Both sets of my grandparents came to the US (New York) from Italy in the 1920's. They learned very broken English, and discouraged my young parents from speaking Italian. All four grandparents felt this way. My parents aren't sure of the reasons, they were just told not to speak Italian outside the house.
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Re:Almost half of Californians speak a non-English language ... by demondemidi on Saturday November 25, 2023 @10:40AM (#38414168)
/smacks forehead/

Of course! Thanks for the book recommendation.

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