Originally Posted by
rocoach
Strange as it may seem to Americans, the rest of the world is not as familiar with the Spanish language. Phil and Paul are English. In England we tend to be much more familiar with French, German and Italian. Spanish comes a distant 5th. When Spanish eventually becomes the official language of America, perhaps the Brits will be forced to learn it - but by then, the USA may no longer be the pre-eminent superpower and we'll have to learn something else...
Actually a very witty post!
But, go to almost any tourist spot in Spain and you will find a bunch of Brits there. Heck the small town I lived in for two years (near Jerez) even had an English language school staffed by Brit teachers (who I might add were very nice folks).
Plus they drink enough Spanish sherry in the UK that they should intuitively know how to pronounce Spanish.