Bert wrote:
In news wrote:

Maybe typical American arrogance, to expect others to cater to them

Hmm?

What language(s) would you suggest that Americans learn for travel?

Latin-American style Spanish is the only one that makes any immediate
sense for most Americans.

Not unless you want to GO there! (I prefer Europe, thank you.)

I studied French and German in school, and have had little opportunity
to use either.

Of course, that's true of any language but English, here (except maybe
Spanish, in the Southwest). Other than regional accents (which can
sometimes be perplexing) the U.S. is such a large piece of real-estate
that you seldom encounter any language but English. (And "use it or
lose it" is certainly true of foreign languages - even for people who
are FROM other countries, but settle here, where English is a "must".)