Is English still spoken in Florida?

Question

I heard I may have trouble being understood.

thanks for the polite replies. Imshocked at being insulted by asking a simple question.

Answer 1

They speak American English, the same as the rest of the US

Answer 2

I'm sorry you have been shocked or insulted, but I'm sorry to say, it's a pretty dumb question. After all, Florida is still a part of the United States, where nearly everyone speaks English. While there are many non-English speakers all across this country, including Florida, you should have lilttle trouble being understood. If you don't know if you're with someone who speaks English, simply ask them, "Do you speak English?". And, don't judge your use of that question based on the color of a person's skin, since there are many Caucasian immigrants who speak little if any English, while there are many American-born people of HIspanic ancestry who speak only English and don't know a word of Spanish.

Answer 3

It depends on where you go in Florida. If you are in southern FL then you may at times wonder if you are still in America and didn't mistakenly stumble into Cuba. For now the upper part of FL is still predominately American and its people speak the native tongue. Hopefully that will last, but sadly with the country's weak immigration policies being what they are it seems Florida, like southern CA and most all of the mexican border states, is gradually being taken over by the hispanics.

Answer 4

Yes.
English is still spoken in Florida. where you might have trouble being understood is if you go to Miami where most of the population is Hispanic. but even then, the Hispanics here are mostly bilingual, so you shouldn't have any problems unless you decide to go to Little Havana, where 99% of all Cubans in the U.S. live. and where spanish is the dominant language spoken.

Answer 5

Oh, yes. It is spoken in some places

To Dauphin:
You are right. For some reason, in this country they give more press to what fidel says that in Cuba herself. I don't understand that.
But, on the other hand, you know that you are not in Cuba because you don't see people in line to buy the Granma, you can enter a market and see that it is full of merchandise, and also ( and more importantly ) when the media told that fidel was sick, the Cubans rushed to the streets in mass to celebrate all night

Answer 6

You have had a whole range of comprehensive answers and I doubt I could add much to what has been said. I am only adding my 2-cents worth just to take issue with one of your replies, which suggests that English is the official language of the USA; it is not. The USA has no official language - although English is, of course, the predominant language.

Answer 7

In parts of Greater Miami, Spanish is the main language, and you will encounter people who don't understand much English.

In Orlando, for instance, English dominates. My wife doesn't speak much English and had problems in Orlando finding someone who understood Spanish.

Answer 8

Of course it is. Just like every state, Florida has a large immigrant population (Cuban for example) but the vast majority will speak english.

Answer 9

No it is a mid Atlantic kind of English,the only real and proper English is only spoken in England.

Answer 10

yep, of course, it is part of the USA, where the official language is english, therefore, they have to be able to speak english. Maybe when the person said they might have trouble understanding you, is due to your accent...
Florida is a lovely place btw!