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I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France I drove on to 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.