Oh dont ne silly stuk
This is the multicultural uk.
You dont have to speak or understand our language.
To force it as being a requirement would be that r word.
Although im sure most know a few lines but i wont go there.

Truth is to get citizenship you need to speak the language and pass a test and to get anywhere work wise you would need to speak the language, it stands to reason

And all those Brits living on the continent, do they master the language? hardly. We are the least multilingual people on the planet! You need to get some proper perspective and enlightenment in your life and stop believing all the rubbish in the daily mail

Edited by Pussay Patrol (10 Nov 2018 12.13pm)

There is one less multilingual people on the planet than the British and that is the Americans. Brits walk into a tourist tat shop and say "Do you speak English?" Then they carry on speaking in English without waiting for the answer. The Americans are the same except they omit to ask the question altogether.

It goes without saying that there is a gulf of difference between learning to say please and thank you and learning to speak a language properly (which takes years). However, most locals will appreciate any effort made by a foreigner - especially a Brit or a Yank, whose reputations precede them - to learn at least some of their language; and they will generally forgive some confusion over the difference between ser and estar, the odd dative case after a German preposition with a verb of motion, or a past participle in French which doesn't agree with its preceding direct object.

There is one less multilingual people on the planet than the British and that is the Americans. Brits walk into a tourist tat shop and say "Do you speak English?" Then they carry on speaking in English without waiting for the answer. The Americans are the same except they omit to ask the question altogether.

It goes without saying that there is a gulf of difference between learning to say please and thank you and learning to speak a language properly (which takes years). However, most locals will appreciate any effort made by a foreigner - especially a Brit or a Yank, whose reputations precede them - to learn at least some of their language; and they will generally forgive some confusion over the difference between ser and estar, the odd dative case after a German preposition with a verb of motion, or a past participle in French which doesn't agree with its preceding direct object.

There is one less multilingual people on the planet than the British and that is the Americans. Brits walk into a tourist tat shop and say "Do you speak English?" Then they carry on speaking in English without waiting for the answer. The Americans are the same except they omit to ask the question altogether.

It goes without saying that there is a gulf of difference between learning to say please and thank you and learning to speak a language properly (which takes years). However, most locals will appreciate any effort made by a foreigner - especially a Brit or a Yank, whose reputations precede them - to learn at least some of their language; and they will generally forgive some confusion over the difference between ser and estar, the odd dative case after a German preposition with a verb of motion, or a past participle in French which doesn't agree with its preceding direct object.

Missed the show did it show his butler putting toothpaste on his toothbrush and warming the toilet seat before use by Charlie