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A couple anomalies, French in Louisiana stuck out. And Atlanta? German is more distributed in rural areas rather than just concentrated in big cities.
by brownbat 13y ago
A couple anomalies, French in Louisiana stuck out. And Atlanta?
German is more distributed in rural areas rather than just concentrated in big cities.
- echohack 13y agoFrench Creole in Tennesee? What's up with that?
- newbie12 13y agoHaitian immigrants?
- soperj 13y agoWhy would french in Louisiana stick out? It's named after the former King of France(Louis), was once part of New France, and also where a lot of French Canadians(the Acadians) were deported to when the British took over.
- mmanfrin 13y agoI think he meant it stuck out as in it was a noticeable difference from the normal population distribution, rather than stuck out as in didn't expect.
- brownbat 13y agoNatch. Likewise unsurprising, Germans (probably amish or mennonites) spread throughout rural areas. Francophile Atlanta was a shock though. Friends of mine who lived there insist they met no French speakers. But apparently they're there somewhere. Maybe post-Katrina refugees, or a Haitian immigrant community? No idea.
- tomjakubowski 13y agoAnother fascinating French-speaking sub-population in the US is the French Canadian American communities of Maine and Vermont, where many families still speak French at home after all these years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadian_American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadian_American