The French used to have a reputation for haughtily refusing to speak anything bu...

		adrianratnapala on Oct 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: To those who became fluent in a second lan... The French used to have a reputation for haughtily refusing to speak anything but French to tourists. I never observed such behaviour though. Was this reputation always a myth? Or is it something that used to happen until a cultural change took place?