On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 09:17:07AM -0500, Bato001 at aol.com wrote: > Either that or take the time to learn a second language. Even if *that* > particular language is not the primary language spoken, (ie: Speaking spanish in > France) at least you don't look like a dumb american who can't ( or even > worse, won't) learn a second language. French, Italian, Portugese and Spanish are > similar enough that you can at least get by if you speak one of them. I once had a hilarious conversation with a young man from France who was desperately trying to find out what hotel my sister was staying in on a visit to Paris. He'd somehow managed to track down her home number in Texas. The catch was that neither of us spoke the other's language and we had to use Spanish. It worked, but the whole situation was pretty funny. -- Well I'm walking through the sand In the desert of my mind And I don't remember what it was That I came here to find -- Sister Machine Gun "Alone"