[user104658]

While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

Hence why it should go both ways , there's no way I'd emigrate to say ... France or Italy and not even attempt to learn the language. You can't go around 24/7 with Google translate in your hand.. it's not always practical,and I'm sure the locals would just laugh at the Brits .

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

slightly different as English is spoken far and wide and most Film and Music is English

For example none outside of India or Pakistan or Eritrea to name 3 speak their languages

The emphasis should always be if you want to come to live in the UK you learn the language and respect our customs and we should not be spending any money for bloody interpretors or changing any signs into any other languages or leaflets etc

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

slightly different as English is spoken far and wide and most Film and Music is English

If you go pretty much anywhere a little off the beaten tourist track you quickly find out that, no, it isn't different at all. In the bigger cities and tourist areas of most countries yes people often have functional English. Outside of that, not really.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

If you go pretty much anywhere a little off the beaten tourist track you quickly find out that, no, it isn't different at all. In the bigger cities and tourist areas of most countries yes people often have functional English. Outside of that, not really.

Yeah Iithink you are wrong, and not well travelled.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

While I accept that when living in a country, people should at least attempt to learn the language - I would say that us Brits are notorious hypocrites when it comes to this, and there are Brits living all over the world in non-English-speaking countries, who don't speak a word of anything other than English.

Yes that may be correct, however the host country does not pay for interpreters for them

[bots]

i've always attempted to speak in the language of the country i'm visiting, some times i failed spectacularly. I remember one time when i was in a french hotel at breakfast, and i replied to the waitress in russian and they looked at me like i was crazy

[bots]

if you go to our closest neighbour, France, and you go outside of the tourist areas, they don't speak english

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

if you go to our closest neighbour, France, and you go outside of the tourist areas, they don't speak english

in Paris even if they speak English they pretend not to be able to and I recall being at Eurodisney having to delve into my school French to get served

[Glenn.]

I wonder how many languages he speaks

[Redway]

I don’t even disagree that people who live here ought to know English. But with LT it’s never just about the fact alone.