>>>THANKS! I can't wait to 'write' <g> the test.
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>>I takes so much effort for me to speak American. < s >
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>I enjoy learning the differences in 'English' and the various cultures represented on UT.

Seriously though, me too. Once in while I will get an email from Michel Fournier that is in French... he almost always speaks English to me so I forget his first language is in French. The two Alex's gave a Wed lecture in Spanish. A bunch of VFP gurus are German-speaking.