JoshyFun wrote: I stand, hanging my head in shame, humbled & corrected I will look for the source of my info & email them cause they was wrong Government census should be fairly accurate I search for info on languages & as soon as I open my big mouth, it promptly gets my foot shoved in it At least I get more accurate information Thanks > Hello Philip, > > Monday, August 4, 2008, 10:38:35 PM, you wrote: > > HPJ> "for example, the second most popular language in the state of Texas, > HPJ> USA is Vietnamese" > HPJ> Please cite your source for this claim. I think the many Spanish > HPJ> speakers in Texas would be scratching their heads over this one. > > OT: from census.gov > -----8<------------8<---------8<---------- > NATIVITY AND LANGUAGE: Sixteen percent of the people living in Texas > in 2005 were foreign born. Eighty-four percent were native, including > 61 percent who were born in Texas. > > Among people at least five years old living in Texas in 2005, 34 > percent spoke a language other than English at home. Of those speaking > a language other than English at home, 86 percent spoke Spanish and 14 > percent spoke some other language; 44 percent reported that they did > not speak English "very well." > > xref: http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t20/tab05.pdf > -----8<------------8<---------8<---------- > > cut and drop to the trash bin. > >
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