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    1. DiscussionJohnThread on

      I knew that French speakers were prevalent in Upper New England a bit, but I didn’t know that they were that big of a group overall throughout that region.

    2. sics2014 on

      The city my Acadian grandfather grew up in in Western Massachusetts, still has a church that offers French-language Mass. Not as popular as it was decades ago, but still plenty of French speakers in the area.

    4. Dio_Yuji on

      The high-percentage regions in Louisiana are very rural and have a low population. The percentage of French speakers statewide is only about 2%

    5. halffrenchhalfcoffee on

      Wow. I had absolutely NO idea. I thought there would only be a few hundreds descendents of Acadians or Cajuns left who spoke the language. Thats truly fascinating. Although, having seen videos of Acadians and Cajuns speaking I’m unsure I’d be able to communicate with them very well. I can easily speak with Quebecois people, as its just a different accent, but it seems Acadians and Cajuns have an almost different dialect/language.

    6. pelethar on

      Anyone else hear the thread title in the tune of that stupid “French Kissing in the USA” song

    7. incitatus-says on

      This map is silly for a number of reasons but titling it “in the USA” sends it over the edge because it’s actually only for New England and Louisiana. 

      This completely excludes the substantial Haitian populations in FL and elsewhere. 

    8. spikebrennan on

      I’m surprised that Haitians in South Florida and francophone African immigrants in the northeast don’t show up on the map

    9. Ok-Rhubarb2549 on

      I’ve been doing some ancestry research and noticing a term of French settlers in the region, Indian Territory/Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, of “Metis”. Here’s a [WIKI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tis) link for those unfamiliar. Having lived in Louisiana you tend to notice the French influence but now I see how early French settlers left their mark on the US in many other places.

    13. SimilarElderberry956 on

      I liked the character of Cajun Man by Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live. The accent was so good ! Adam Sandler had an affinity for Cajun people. The film Water Boy has a Cajun as a main character.

    14. Ana_Na_Moose on

      Out of curiosity, did this include the Francophone African immigrants in this figure?

      I am fairly certain this is excluding Haitian Creole speakers which is fair, but I would have assumed that there would be some unexpected counties with higher percentages of francophone Africans

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