And Americans are known for their hostility against all other languages. Yet they speak English. Do you know the joke:
“What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual
What do you call someone who’s speaks one language? American”
I’d be willing to bet that a greater percentage of French population have basic communication skills in a foreign language than Americans.
FYI until relatively recently, French was the Lingua Franca of the world, not English. In fact that was one reason I wanted to learn French, to help me in travels around the world. Yes English is more prevalent now, yet I’ve found French to be more helpful than English in some non native French speaking countries.
“What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual
What do you call someone who’s speaks one language? American”
I’d be willing to bet that a greater percentage of French population have basic communication skills in a foreign language than Americans.
FYI until relatively recently, French was the Lingua Franca of the world, not English. In fact that was one reason I wanted to learn French, to help me in travels around the world. Yes English is more prevalent now, yet I’ve found French to be more helpful than English in some non native French speaking countries.