In a poll of 2,000 adults by travel website Hotels.com it was found that two thirds of Britons cannot say anything in a foreign language - with one fifth even unsure of what 'bonjour'; the French word for hello means.
http://ummid.com/news/2011/November/20.11.2011/uk_students_n_foreign_lingo.htm
http://ummid.com/news/2011/November/20.11.2011/uk_students_n_foreign_lingo.htm
