Foreign tongues still add up to bad language for insular British

[Francis Hult]

Yorkshire Post

 

Foreign tongues still add up to bad language for insular British

 

When abroad, British holidaymakers tend to be creatures of habit. 

 

Some won't travel without packing a bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup and enough tea bags to see them through a sweltering fortnight in the Med and others aren't happy until they've located the nearest place to the pool which serves a fried breakfast. 

 

 

Full story:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Foreign-tongues-still-add-up.6071226.jp

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