Are you the kind of person who points at menus to be understood while you're abroad? If so, you're not alone and you'd fit in well in the UK suggested more than half of UK people do the same, and nearly as many are embarrassed by their lack of language skills.
Some 15% of people even admitted they had spoken English in a foreign accent in a vain attempt to be understood à la footballer Joey Barton a few years back.
But the Brits are in the minority in this regard. It's estimated that 60-75% of people around the world are at least bilingual, and in some places it's the norm to speak three or four languages without blinking an eye.
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