[cashman]

There is no excuse for anyone migrating to another country not to learn the language. You get the same thing, albeit in a totally different context, with British people who migrate to sunny Spain and live in British "colonies" all living together and speaking only English and a tiny bit of fractured Spanish. No, I know it's not everyone who does it but, you must admit, a lot do. Well, OK, they're not dependant on the Spanish Economy to provide them with a living and they don't claim benefits from the Spanish government but it's still, in my opinion, insulting to the natives not to learn their language.--- --------------thats easy to say if youve never been in that position westender. when i lived their i started to learn the language (off my own bat) couldnt take time to go to lessons as i was building a business, then what i discovered when i attempted to use what i learnt to my customers,they would always answer in broken english, the thing being i was told- they depend on tourism which in that particular place was mostly british so they needed the english more than i needed the spanish, so how is that insulting to them? i still have many spanish friends out there and they still answer me in english to this day.