Brian Keegan wrote: > I was in the Marines , hence I traveled allot. One of those places I > lived in was Okinawa, Japan. I gave up on Japanese after a few words > and found if I try hard enough I can find someone that speaks > English. > This is easier to do than French, as most Japanese assume their language is too difficult for foreigners to master. The occasional exception really surprises them. It ends up being a different type of pride than what the French have about foreigners using their language.