Foreign tongues spoken more at home

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, October 9, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Nearly one in five Americans speaks a language other than English at home, the Census Bureau says, mostly speaking Spanish, followed by Chinese, with Russian rising fast.

About 47 million Americans age 5 and older used a language other than English in 2000, the bureau said. That translates into the nearly one in five, compared with roughly one in seven 10 years earlier.

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, October 9, 2003

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[Consort]

Nearly one in five Americans speaks a language other than English at home,...

Then how do the other four understand what was said?

[Fighter@heart]

I guess they hire translators!! No wonder things get so confused within families!!!LOL!

[Charles Henrickson]

Nästan en av fem FRipare talar svenska hemma.

[Rutabega]

Nej, men jag can order pizza, thank a cashier and place an order at McDonald's. . .guess I am not assimilating very well? ;)
(My five year old translates me quite often--sort of makes the parent child relationship strain at times!)