How deeply American of you to take pride in your own ignorance. Shit in a lot of countries you learn two or three languages damn near from birth. My mom grew up speaking five languages (and ultimately learned four more). When I lived in the Netherlands, everyone with even a basic grade school education spoke three languages. And places such as Morocco and Holland are nowhere near as multi-cultural as the United States. So why, as a beacon of acceptance and diversity for the entire planet, should we be so resistant to the notion of understanding each other better?

Moving beyond the idealistic side, let's go to the practical side. You open up more opportunities professionally, economically, socially, romantically and artistically by learning to speak another language conversationally. Due to internal demographics as well as the languages spoken in neighboring countries, Spanish is the most logical choice. But please, continue celebrating your own stupidity, this thread is doing a marvelous job of it.