"Only just".

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" 
> <sistermagpie@> wrote:
> 
> > Obviously, zanooda, you speak English very well-that's why your 
> > questions are always about things that are ambiguous in English to 
> > begin with!

Zanooda: 
> Thanks, but I wouldn't say I *speak* English well, because I have a 
> really bad accent ;-(. I hope I *understand* it rather well though 

Geoff:
I think perhaps Magpie implied "understand". It's a bit 
like me with German: I understand a lot and I can write 
it but my speaking is no longer as good as it was because 
I get little opportunity to practise it.