Yeah but that doesn't really help if you're planning on going through Europe where if you drive for 7 hours you can interact with three different languages and 5 different cultures. If you're gracious, polite, and not a pain in the ass you should be able to move through a country without being spit on or treated as less than. Especially on a continent where the majority have some profencisy in English

Of course this article is specifically talking about English and German tourist. The most loud and obnoxious (English lads) and arrogant (considered the most arrogant in the EU) Germans