I read this whole thread. My personal �the most meaning in the least number of words� award goes to Mr. 9000 for the following:

�There are so many things a person already has to contend with that keeps life bogged down that i just want to say to the clerk at McDonalds:" ".. just gimmie a dam hamburger without pickles please �

��why not one language..one Sun,one language,one life one speech.�

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As for me, Lucky, sure I�m refreshing my Spanish (luckily I learned it in high school), and I�d also like to learn Italian, German, and French so I can sing in those languages but there�s just not enough time to do everything...and earn a living too, so it ain�t gonna happen!

Sure there�s the prestige and respect and benefits multi-lingual people enjoy, but we live in a world now where leisure time (to learn ANYTHING) is a precious commodity. I spent 4 hours at Sam Ash tonight trying different keyboards. Why 4 hours? 3 of those hours were spent learning how to operate each one, because, as usual, the salesman didn�t know what he was doing. I could have spent those wasted 3 hours studying a foreign language, couldn't I?

Lucky