Oddly enough- I can only read in German and French, I neither speak nor write. I can speak, but not read or write Spanish.
Of course I also know the universal language American Exasperanto, a complex toanl language that involves waving ones arms and repeating simple English phrases while getting louder and louder. It is almost always understood. However, almost every phrase is easily mistranslated as "please spit in my food." things fall into place, dig holes and wait
I think this also translates to please perform an anal cavity search to the average foreign customs officer. Back a few years when I was flying home from Spain, I saw this elderly American man trying to find his plane talking to this customs officer. He just keeps getting louder and louder in English, which she doesn't understand. So he just decides to try to get on a plane to Damascus. So I kid you not, the customs officer leads away the guy with his wife snapping on a pair of rubber gloves
And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
