Talking the Talk

Of course English is the primary, the unifying language spoken in the United States. The second most-spoken language has to be Spanish. But after that? Well, it depends on the state, and here's a map that lays it all out. You know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words: http://mentalfloss.com/article/56714/most-commonly-spoken-language-each-state-besides-english-and-spanish

Natalie Matthews-Ramo

   And then there are the dialects, like, for example, Pittsburghese. They can sometimes sound like a foreign language: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2014/04/pennsylvania_dialects_from_pittsburghese_to_philadelphia_speak_the_keystone.html