Most Europeans know a few languages.
It's just the English that are rubbish at languages
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 14:57, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Lets be honest here
A lot of Britishers can't even speak English proper, like.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Jun 2011, 14:59, Reply)

^^ This too

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 1 Jun 2011, 15:01, Reply)

haddaway n shite ya bastard!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 15:02, Reply)

To be fair though, English has sort of become 'the language' in the last few years.
It gets taught right the way across Europe, plus many other countries as well. It's became the language of business, the internet, etc.

For a British person there is therefore a) less incentive to learn a new language because many forrins speak a good level of English and b) it's hard to know what language to learn that will be of any use.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 1 Jun 2011, 15:01, Reply)