The British...used to regard foreigners as either a comic turn or a sexual menace. To learn a European language...was, at best, to seek to acquire a sort of girls'-finishing-school ornament, at worst, to capitulate feebly to the enemy. (Anthony Burgess)

The British...used to regard foreigners as either a comic turn or a sexual menace. To learn a European language...was, at best, to seek to acquire a sort of girls'-finishing-school ornament, at worst, to capitulate feebly to the enemy.

Anthony Burgess

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