Some Americans are averse to learning other languages, so I was wondering what traditional Americans learned, or if they knew more than English. You say only the upper class? https://twitter.com/SelimSeesYou/status/1014021405518675973 …
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I will try to find source but I once read somewhere German was the second largest language in US among newspaper publications in the early 20th century. Once WW1 got underway, it fell out of favor. And then Hitler did the thing (allegedly), and German was stamped out of the US.
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Oh! Now I remember hearing there were like 700 German papers or something Now, I'm more interested in Americans "organically" speaking other languages, not about immigrants retaining they're native langs. (because I'm trying to reason with anti-bilingual people)
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