Why is America not speaking German?

Skybird · 10-30-13, 06:19 AM

http://www.welt.de/geschichte/articl...-sprechen.html

Klick the map, the "+". The map is from the US census bureau 2000. The colour code indentifies the single biggest ethnic groups in the various regions.

I knew that people of German descent form a big group of the American population. However, I did not know that there are SO MANY, forming the biggest ethnic group in the US - more than Anglosaxons (around half as many only).

No wonder that our populatation in Germany is shrinking.

We want back our people!

The census data of 2000 showed 49.2 million people said to be of German descent, Africans: 41 million, Irish: 35.5 million, Mexicans: 32 million, English: 27 million.

The article also says that in the Civil War, almost one quarter of the North's army was German, 516 thousand men - of which 210 thousand even had been born in Germany. And 1794, the House of Representatives voted only with a slight majority against the proposal to have all legal texts and official declarations published and announced not just in English, but German as well.

Okay, from next week on I introduz German language courses in zis forum, inclusive ze confusing grammar and korrekt zackiges pronounciation and all zat. Time to free ze world from zis terrible spitting sound zat is ze "th" ! It's "z", is zat so difficult to see? Whenever I talk to somebody using the "th", I feel like needing to clean my glasses.

10-30-13, 06:19 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,615 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Why is America not speaking German? http://www.welt.de/geschichte/articl...-sprechen.html Klick the map, the "+". The map is from the US census bureau 2000. The colour code indentifies the single biggest ethnic groups in the various regions. I knew that people of German descent form a big group of the American population. However, I did not know that there are SO MANY, forming the biggest ethnic group in the US - more than Anglosaxons (around half as many only). No wonder that our populatation in Germany is shrinking. We want back our people! The census data of 2000 showed 49.2 million people said to be of German descent, Africans: 41 million, Irish: 35.5 million, Mexicans: 32 million, English: 27 million. The article also says that in the Civil War, almost one quarter of the North's army was German, 516 thousand men - of which 210 thousand even had been born in Germany. And 1794, the House of Representatives voted only with a slight majority against the proposal to have all legal texts and official declarations published and announced not just in English, but German as well. Okay, from next week on I introduz German language courses in zis forum, inclusive ze confusing grammar and korrekt zackiges pronounciation and all zat. Time to free ze world from zis terrible spitting sound zat is ze "th" ! It's "z", is zat so difficult to see? Whenever I talk to somebody using the "th", I feel like needing to clean my glasses. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.