Reply #53: Of course, US communities in Europe or elsewhere learn the local

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language. :sarcasm:

I don't want to be too sarcastic, but in my experience, most don't bother, except may be the limited vocabulary that is necessary to go shopping, and even there, not all of them.

It is true, however, that they do not move abroad to take menial jobs, but to become executives abroad, and that they probably can avoid it.

Why is it that US citizens assume the rest of the world should speak English, but they don't have to bother with other languages.