The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoThe most commonly spoken language, other than Spanish, by state.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down17
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageThe most commonly spoken language, other than Spanish, by state.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squarebinarytobis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s a lot of German in middle america,
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoNotably not in any of the states with the german speaking Amish or Mennonite communities
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s because America has had a fuckton of immigration from Germany (especially in the mid-late 19th and early 20th centuries), and a lot of them ended up in the midwest. It’s also why the “Pennsylvania Dutch [read: Deutsch]” are a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch
That’s a lot of German in middle america,
Notably not in any of the states with the german speaking Amish or Mennonite communities
That’s because America has had a fuckton of immigration from Germany (especially in the mid-late 19th and early 20th centuries), and a lot of them ended up in the midwest. It’s also why the “Pennsylvania Dutch [read: Deutsch]” are a thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch