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In reply to the discussion: What is the most common language spoken in each state, apart from English or Spanish? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)4. Hi, Jesus.
I'm in Boston, MA.
You have to say "Boston proper" because a lot of people who live near Boston, like Newton or Needham or Brookline, tell people from out of state that they are in Boston or from Boston. So, I am in Boston proper.
I personally never heard anyone in Massachusetts speaking Portuguese, except for a priest praying in Portuguese in Gloucester, MA, when I attended the Fisherman's Feast there.
I do hear Italian and Spanish in Boston, though. (Boston's fishers were mostly from Sicily or of Sicilian origin, but no one fishes Boston harbor anymore.)
Lots of nationalities represented in Massachusetts. In all the coastal states, I guess. I have spent my life in coastal states, so I really know nothing else.
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What is the most common language spoken in each state, apart from English or Spanish? [View all]
Jesus Malverde
Sep 2014
OP
I didn't realize that the most common language outside of English and Spanish is German
cali
Sep 2014
#1
Isn't the map showing Portuguese for Massachusetts? Or is Massachusetts not considered northern NE?
merrily
Sep 2014
#6
When DH and I were traveling the States, we were amazed at all the little German
Cleita
Sep 2014
#10
They're mostly Scots-Irish and Anglo, and descended from pioneers, from all I've read.....of those..
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#30
People of British heritage who consider themselves the only true Americans
NutmegYankee
Sep 2014
#36
Until recently it was common to hear Portuguese in East Cambridge & Somerville e. of Union Square
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2014
#18
There is a large Brazilian population in Framingham and you would hear Portuguese there.
Tanuki
Sep 2014
#24
Well, please understand I'm only going on personal experience, although.........
socialist_n_TN
Sep 2014
#56
Very interesting map. I didn't know Polish was the third most common language in Illinois.
Louisiana1976
Sep 2014
#28
I see my State-Department friend was right about the hidden resettlement programs between 1970-1990.
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#48