do you speak english
I had an amusing experience last year. After i had left a small village in the south of france, I drove on the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car,I said good morning to him in french and he replied in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any french at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, ' Do you speak English ?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!