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Re: Hello to you all!

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Monday, March 4, 2002, 13:53
Kala Tunu wrote:
>Europeans who are so proud and happy that you try and speak their language >whatever your level : Germans, Spaniards, Italians. >Europeans who find it natural you speak their language and never mind your >accent or grammar : English speakers. >Europeans who correct you and make fun of your accent but can't stand you >don't >speak their own lang : French. >Europeans who feel annoyed and tell you're too dumb to speak their language >so >don't try anyway : Dutch. >I feel grateful to Germans, Englophones and Spaniards for their >encouragement >and help and leniency when i speak their own lang.
You forget the Swedes, who're so anxious to show their command of English that they won't let you speak their own language ... Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.