An officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception afterwards, a French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans only learned Englsh. He asked, "Why is it that we have to speak English at these conferences rather than you speaking
French?"
Without hesitation, the American admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so that you wouldn't have to speak German."
