[Coach]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Nope, not even close to that. 1/3 is 33%. French is more like 3.3% (ie 1/33)

Sources:
https://www.lingoda.com/en/content/f...ing-countries/

https://www.worldometers.info/world-...%20the%20world.

I don't disagree with your basic point, and my kids are learning Spanish (with no heritage background in the language). But French is about one tenth as common/useful as your claim.

Oh strange. For some reason I thought it was way higher. Obviously my Canadian education gave me little background into other languages, and I took French to grade 12! . I do think French is more useful in places people may not realize (a lot of Africa, for instance).

Yeah, either way, my point is if you travel, most other places people speak multiple languages and I think we should be making a better effort as the world (particularly the "East") gets closer.