[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Withdrawl

[Firebolt]

No: HPFGUIDX 3484

<Jim, that's a great idea! I was stunned when I was in Hanoi to find
out that I could read French newspapers (4 years of school French..of
course most newspapers are geared for six grade readers)...I'd love
to try the first book. Thanks!>

The French colonized a part of Vietnam (the south part) for about a century
starting in the 1850s, if I have my history correct. A lot of vietnamese
kids used to learn French before they learned English, and I've met plenty
who grew up in Vietnam but can easily pass themselves off as having been
born in France. Ah, the joys of being bilingual...hopefully I'll be there
myself in a few years.

~Firebolt, who did swear to learn Vietnamese once upon a time...