Yeah. As recently as my Father-in-law's childhood, there were whole towns in Minnesota where everyone spoke the native language of whatever country most of the people in the town came from.
His grandfather was a businessman who spoke several languages so that he could travel from town-to-town doing business.
My Father-in-law is no big fan of immigrants in general, and says a lot of bad stuff about Mexicans, but he will be the first to tell you that the previous wave of immigrants did not aquire English quickly.
Yeah. As recently as my Father-in-law's childhood, there were whole towns in Minnesota where everyone spoke the native language of whatever country most of the people in the town came from.
ReplyDeleteHis grandfather was a businessman who spoke several languages so that he could travel from town-to-town doing business.
My Father-in-law is no big fan of immigrants in general, and says a lot of bad stuff about Mexicans, but he will be the first to tell you that the previous wave of immigrants did not aquire English quickly.