Depressing bit of trivia on the British Council website.

Numbers
Presentations for Modern Languages in Higher Grade Examinations in Scotland

1976

French 11,610
German 3,130
Spanish 659
Italian 364
Russian 114

1997

French 4,840
German 2,078
Spanish 788
Italian 188
Russian 22

Source: McPake et al, 1999

http://www.scre.ac.uk/scot-research/hallcont/chapter3.html

I found this because for some strange reason, Google suggests this blog if you search for “French words to Scotland the Brave.”  Apparently.

It also points me at bizarre autotranslations of posts I wrote in 2005.  I particularly like “Nous savons tous ce que disent les grenouilles.”