Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
If people want to try and live in a foreign country without learning the language, then who really cares - that's their daft decision.
Well, it's not just daft; it's rude, as another poster stated. If I'm living and working in Germany, the least I can do is get passable in Deutsch. I don't need to be writing sonnets or sestinas, but I should be able to navigate the basics of life in the local lingo. That's so basic I don't even know how to argue the opposite side.