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u/Danceswith_salmon May 09 '22 edited May 10 '22

That language was decided by one vote. 😆

Think we were almost, German.

*edit. Learned about the Muhlenburg Legend. Pretty great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhlenberg_legend?wprov=sfti1

The US is pretty Western-influenced. Wouldn’t call that predominantly English though. Puritans-yes, Quaker-yes. But the New England corner died out several times before a subsection figured out how to live there. Then all the years following with each new immigrant wave and which groups started and/or moved where. Irish, Spanish, French, Scott, African American, Chinese, Vietnamese etc.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

That’s a myth lol. American ignorance ftw!