>Thanks, Hilmar! I studied German in 4th and 5th grade, but I remember nothing from these years. Also we tried to study German with my future husband couple of years ago, but again, I recall nothing...
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>Similar thing happened with Hebrew. I was able to speak, read and understand it, but now I remember just few common phrases and the alphabet...
I will quote from the humor program, "El Chapulín Colorado" (original in Spanish). When the hero is asked whether he understands French, he replies: "I understand French when it is spoken slowly, loudly, and in Spanish."
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
