Currently learning it. I use Living Language and Duolingo. Living Language will run you about 30 bucks for 3 books and 9 CDs. It's better than Rosetta and cheaper, IMO.

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Posted by Collegedropout

Where Northern Mexico meets Dixie

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Posted on 6/23/17 at 12:30 pm to Jorts R Us

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English is spoken by 72.73% of the population, Spanish by 14.77%, and Texas German by 12.48%.[52]

Fredericksburg, TX

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Posted by Collegedropout

Where Northern Mexico meets Dixie

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Posted on 6/23/17 at 12:31 pm to Collegedropout

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Some 1,035 people report speaking German at home in Fredericksburg,[10] the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, representing 12.48% of the total population, 840 in New Braunfels,[11] 150 in Schulenburg,[11] 85 in Stonewall,[12] 70 in Boerne,[11] 65 in Harper,[13] 45 in Comfort[14] and 19 in Weimar,[11] all of which except for Schulenburg and Weimar, lie in the traditional Texas German heartland of the Hill Country. Gillespie County, with the communities of Fredericksburg, Harper, Stonewall, and Luckenbach, has a German-speaking population of 2,270, 11.51% of the county's total. In all, 82,100 German-speakers reside in the state of Texas,[11] including European German speakers.

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Posted by TRUERockyTop

Appalachia

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Posted on 6/23/17 at 12:39 pm to FearTheFish

I can crudely speak enough to get by (Lived in Heidelberg/Mannheim/Wiesbaden for 3+ years). My wife is from Germany and my son is being brought up speaking German and English. We use it everyday in the house.

It's a tough language to learn and even harder language to proficiently write in. Ideally you would immerse yourself in the country/culture. If you can't, Rosetta stone maybe?

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