>Regarding languages; about 4 months ago I started learning French. I love learning it but it is very complicated; the spelling of the words has very little to do with how you pronounce them. So I say, wouldn't the world be better off if everybody spoke English?!

No. Noooo. How boring. How would I do Triggerpegelwahlschalterbefestigungsschraube? No more surprising verbs on the end of a sentence?

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Once I had to translate from a chinee (english) to an american (english). The american didn't understand ...
I like this (Thanks to Tore, it is two clicks from the mediaval helpdesk)

Any further question? :D