That's just not true in Paris. In fact I'm trying to think of a sine tourist spot I've been to where you can't use English.
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I’m living in France for over ten years. Even the French I spoke about it agree they speak crap English.
sep 2, 2025, 7:43 am • 1 0 • view
Don't know what to tell you. I've been to both France and the Netherlands in the past week and the standard of English in both was equally excellent.
sep 2, 2025, 7:46 am • 0 0 • view
I’m curious where you went and whom you spoke to.
sep 2, 2025, 7:48 am • 0 0 • view
Paris! we're comparing capital cities. English in Amsterdam was excellent. English in Paris was excellent.
sep 2, 2025, 7:57 am • 1 0 • view
This is my experience of Paris. Not so when I first went but that was a long time ago. But on bouldering trips to Fontainebleau I’ve still had to speak French, eg to old skool Bleausards who know every problem in the woods but no English.
sep 2, 2025, 8:54 am • 1 0 • view
It’s not even really true in Spain despite (or maybe because of) the Spanish left having a giant complex about not speaking English (Franco outright banned school foreign language lessons so over a certain age Spaniards don’t speak English, and libs there think it makes Spain backwards)
sep 2, 2025, 7:45 am • 1 0 • view
My experience is the Spanish speak excellent English, at least in Catalonia. I’m always surprised their French is so crap as they live right at the border of France and both languages are romance. 🤷🏽
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