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>>English allows someone to communicate all over the world.
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>>Nick Mason
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>Just try that one out in France, Spain & Italy and...keep me informed <s>.
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>A+
>jml

I have and have found I can usually get by. But I do see that my partner who so speaks excellent French and German (often taken as a native)usually gets better service. But if I am with her I sometimes miss the sense of foreigness you get while being somewhere you don't speak the langauge.
Nick