I have always loved languages. I am fascinated by the ways they are similar and the ways they are different. My brother is firmly of the view that foreign languages are useless as we speak English and everyone speaks English.
I have just received the following text message from him: “In South Tirol. No one speaks English. German or Italian only. Major stress. Maybe you were right about languages being important.”
Hah.
Hah indeed!
Yes. He seems to have survived though.