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by CamperBob2 3436 days ago
By the time it was formed, not even half of the people spoke a common language

Are you counting Native Americans? I've never heard this before.
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walterstucco 3436 days ago
He probably meant half of the actual USA. AFAIK there were large communities of Germans, French, Dutch and Danish. Not counting African slaves.
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