>>>When I studied Spanish and German, I developed a greater understanding of the English language. Also, studying other languages helps you to attempt to understand how people who speak other languages think. Subject before title, or title before subject, etc.?
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>>True. I remember how having started learning english before the 5th grade, when we started learning more of our own grammar (and russian language was another new subject then), helped me a lot to understand what was this all about. Because I've already met another language, saw how people can use very different means to say the same things.
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>>And that still helps - I frequently guess what a speaker meant, even which words he put to wrong use, simply because I've been there many times, made same kinds of mistakes in several languages. This summer I even tested my theory about slavic languages, that speaking two of them is enough, third comes by itself. I had no problem at all understanding bulgarian. Too bad we spoke english when I had a couple of beers with Borislav, but we had a mixed company at the table.
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>>>So to attempt to get back on the subject, if microsoft says something, do not worry. No one knows what they mean! :)
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>>Joe South comes to mind.
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>"The Games People Play"?

I expected someone will remember :)