thanks Klondike, its the thought that counts...lol...
i was in southern India where the language is Tamil, [no i hadnt heard of it either]
my Tamil friend and i were invited by one of his employees to visit their coconut plantation
so we basically spent the day drinking Rum and coconut water, late afternoon we decided to visit a restaurant, and mid meal the man was staring at me across the table and he said something to my friend, who laughed and said the man wanted to know how anyone could live in a country as long as i had without learning the language, i smiled and explained everyone i wanted to talk to already spoke English... i then asked what was the main language of India, my friend pointed out to me it was Hindi, so i asked him if a business man in the south of the country wanted to do business with a man in the north might he chat in Hindi, my friend frowned and said "hell no they would talk in English" i pointed to the fellow across from me "well owning a coconut plantation makes him a business man, why cant he talk English" we all laughed... i still cant speak owt but foul english