[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.

[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 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

[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.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

And if they are not speaking English I'd imagine they are on benefits

And whys that? What a ridiculous post

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Your colonisers forced people from other countries to speak English instead of learning their language. Also it takes a very long time to learn a language. I'm sure a lot of people counted are in the process.

And out of 60 million, that’s not bad.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

And whys that? What a ridiculous post

Is 99% of what he posts anything other than ridiculous and intended to bait? The only difference is that I think he actually believes this one.

[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.