Lost in lingo

Come again? The British are the worst language-learners in Europe, according to a European Commission study quoted by the flight search website Skyscanner. An ignorant 62% of us speak English and English only.

The woeful stock image of a Brit abroad treating foreigners like backward children because they don’t speak English in, ahem, a non-English-speaking country has, then, official backing. Embarrassed? Then help to rescue our linguistic reputation with this quick quiz on common foreign phrases in some of our most popular holiday destinations.

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