[HPforGrownups] Re: Delurker, somewhat OT

[Nathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 6731

>Am I the only one frustrated by the fact that so many people from non-
>English speaking countries, who likely learned English as a second
>(or third or fourth) language, seem to have much better English
>writing skills than many (maybe most) Americans I meet?  And that my
>own skills in other languages could be described, at best, as
>acceptable (but only if the describer was in a generous mood)?  Why
>are we Americans so pathetic when it comes to learning other
>languages? (Excuse the OT posting, but Nathans perfect English really
>made me feel stupid.)

*blush*

Would it make you guys feel any better if I mentioned my grades in
elementary national language were so abysmal that I had to speak in it and
nothing but every Saturday for two years? Sheer torture, but I lived through
it. ^_^

Nathan