"I was so nervous this week - there was a lot of talk in the English media that they had one big game in them and I was dreading it would be against us, " he said.
More worldly friends will stop off here for dinner in cool Mimasu-ya, reserving tables overlooking the water, or in the sublime French kaiseki restaurant, Misoguigawa, where a girl in kimono sits by your table throughout the meal, making delectable small talk in impeccable English.
He seemed to know everyone and could talk to them in English or French, and was familiar with the range of curious dialects known as Swiss-German.
Mr Jones said there were places where children talk to each other in English, even though they are taught in Welsh and speak Welsh to their parents.
They hear him talk about how Americans should learn a language other English and applaud.
First, talk to the receptionist (most of them speak English) and decide on the level of treatment you want.
Ko-gyaru-go or "high-school-girl talk, " is largely a "Japanization" of English words.
All the talk leading up to this game was about Rooney, the English striker, who was making his first appearance here after serving a two-match ban.
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"I talk Spanish at home, except with my brothers, with them I speak English, " says Adriana, a teenager at Bell High School in East Los Angeles, California.
The tabloids talk about our players as soldiers, so the values that are very highly praised in English football are bravery, passion, obedience, hard work and you don't tend to hear that much talk about creativity and inspiration, which are not soldierly virtues.
The problem is that many Swiss parents, not to mention businessmen who want to talk to colleagues abroad, would like more Swiss children to go out into the world with a better command of English.
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