# Non-English speaking communities in the USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-speaking-communities-in-the-usa/530153 "2010-02-23T19:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-speaking-communities-in-the-usa/530153/21 "2010-02-24T22:24:37Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > When we lived in Lafayette in the late '70s, my wife was the quality control director of a vegetable cannery (Trappey’s) and the ladies who worked for her all spoke Cajun French to each other by choice. I really like Trappey’s cajun pepper sauce—it is milder than Tabasco and has more depth of flavor, not just naked heat. Since it’s not sold anywhere around here, I try and pick up a few bottles whenever I am in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Visual\_Purple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@Visual\_Purple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visual_Purple)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-speaking-communities-in-the-usa/530153/22 "2010-02-25T01:11:53Z")
An interesting group that has maintained its language is Portuguese immigrants in Massachusetts. I think that some of the smaller towns have more of this than Boston. I’m curious about this, but I can’t tell you much other than that I was curious about what language I was hearing and was told that it was Portuguese Portuguese–very different sounding from Brazilian Portuguese–and that the community was old and very cohesive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-speaking-communities-in-the-usa/530153.md?page=1)