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A third of Brits claim to speak a foreign language - but really only know swear words

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A third of Brits claim to speak a foreign language - but really only know the swear words.A survey of 2,000 adults revealed 56 percent also admitted they could order a drink at the bar abroad, but not a lot else.Of the 18-24-year-olds polled, almost seven in ten (68 percent) said their foreign vocabulary only extended as far as curse words.This has left 81 percent of all adults wishing they had taken language classes more seriously when they were at school.One in five (21 percent), however, felt it wasn’t that important as they believed everyone abroad spoke English anyway.But now, 51 percent of parents are encouraging their children to learn a second language - with 40 percent of these admitting they want them to learn from their.

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