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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Will try to find data on actual Americans study habits throughout time, not just migrants bringing their language.
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I'd do research, but am only on a phone for a few more weeks, and data is running out, ha
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HS & college enrollment. Data only goes back to 1948 & 1960 respectively. Would love to know what it looked like previously.pic.twitter.com/5HjFx94eA9
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French was higher in 1960, and German was a close third!
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Fun tidbit: Spanish only became top language after 1948. Imagine my shock! Right after the war, we’re speaking the language of our soon to be invaders.pic.twitter.com/Pe6ivIazIr
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You need to redo all of this as a thread! Put it all together into one thing
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I might have to do that one day. Another fun language fact, just as an aside: people who study Latin especially, but also French or German, do better on the SATa than ppl who study Spanish (or worse no second language at all). I unironically wonder why Spanish isn’t as helpful.pic.twitter.com/XkFOVeOnwH
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