Why France is so special

I never had a problem with French people trying to steer me towards English. In Germany, on the other hand, they always seemed to want to practice their English on me. And there are sometimes linguistic sensitivities to be tripped over. I once ventured a crucial distance outside Brussels and asked the way to somewhere...in French. I got a long and detailed reply...in Flemish. Fortunately the Flemish word for 'left' (links) is the same as the German one so I got there in the end. As for the Italians, they appreciate it if you try.

It's actually really not. People there are too excited about wine cheese and are genuinely playing both sides of the fence politically definitely not my favorite country of the world

They've distorted old Latin into modern French purposefully to make it as hard as possible for any foreigner to learn, change my mind