There is a proverb: better to stay silent and seem stupid than to speak and dispel all doubt...

La Vanguardia: The President of the Supreme Court compares speaking Catalan to "dancing flamenco" (2006 January 10)

The magistrate opposes that knowledge of the [Catalan] language be a prerequisite for being a judge in Catalonia.

Madrid. (EFE).- The President of the Supreme Court, Francisco José Hernando, showed his opposition to knowledge of Catalan being a prerequisite to be a judge in Catalonia and indicated that if he worked there he'sd learn it "as personal enrichment, just like when I go to Andalusia I would like to know how to dance flamenco".

Ahem.

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