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Old 10-21-2008, 09:32 PM
 
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Italian, German, French, Lebanese Arabic, Mandarin (I think), Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, um... Indian, too. Although I'm not really familiar with that language enough to state what dialect or specific language it was.
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Old 10-21-2008, 09:34 PM
 
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Spanish is a given any day at some point. The other top one is Polish, which I probably hear at least 4 times a week.

Otherwise I've heard a lot of German and Italian from tourists downtown this summer, and a lot of random stuff at random times.
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Old 10-21-2008, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Jersey City
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Today I heard...

On the train: Spanish, Hindi or any number of other Indian languages, Urdu
At the bagel place: Korean
In the elevator at work: Spanish, Arabic, Lebanese
Lunch: Spanish and Khmer
On the street: Who knows. Lots of Spanish, tourists from all parts of Europe
On the train: Spanish, Hindi/other Indian, Urdu
Farmers market: Vietnamese
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Old 10-21-2008, 09:57 PM
 
Location: City of Thorns
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Russian, Spanish, French, & Hebrew
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Old 10-21-2008, 10:09 PM
 
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Chicago

At a bakery: Serbian or Croatian
In my condo building: Polish
At a gas station: Spanish
At the Italian deli: Italian

I hear Spanish and Polish every day. And then some European languages several times a week.
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Old 10-21-2008, 11:14 PM
 
Location: Hell's Kitchen, NYC
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Well, here in Houston just today I heard 3 foreign languages.

1. Espanol
2. Nigerian (I think...there are many dialects and I certainly don't know that.)
3. Altered form of English (I was passin' through rough side of 3rd ward.)
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Old 10-22-2008, 08:17 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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1. Espanol
2. Nigerian (I think...there are many dialects and I certainly don't know that.)
3. Altered form of English (I was passin' through S. Philly)
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Old 10-22-2008, 08:23 AM
 
Location: NJ
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NJ - English today. Otherwise I'll hear Russian and Hindi at work.
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Old 10-22-2008, 09:52 AM
 
Location: LaSalle Park / St. Louis
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Spanish
Bosnian
Czech
Ebonics (does that count)
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Old 10-22-2008, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Lake Arlington Heights, IL
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French. My wife is a Quebecois/Texan trying to pass French along to our daughters.
Russian, Spanish, Polish and perhaps Korean and one of the languages from India. These are from conversations along the nearby trail I jog along.
Occasional German, mangled and spoken very poorly coming from my lips. Oftentimes used to swear so my daughters don't catch me and wash my mouth out with soap.
Whine-a language we are trying to break our children from using.
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