Two in three Britons cannot speak a SINGLE foreign word

Headline in the Daily Mail:

Non, we no speak your lingo: Two in three Britons cannot speak a SINGLE foreign word

• A fifth don't even know what 'bonjour' means

• Revealingly, of those that can speak languages almost half knew ‘una cerveza por favor’ meant ‘a beer please’ in Spanish

I think insularity is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately we are not insular vis a vis American culture.

It would be much better to teach German to English people - we could pronounce it, the biggest stumbling block with French. But since even street cleaners in Zurich can speak English...
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