~~~ but as a group whose primary language is American English... wouldn't it be nice if just a portion of us were able to speak/write some of the languages as those non-English speakers who communicate with us so well.

I can't remember even once, where a non-English-speaking poster attampted to post anything that was not understood by anyone here (though I think Rene once posted a 'love letter' from Kelly where we had no clue of what she was saying... and Kelly was from NC ).

I wish I was able to do so on a few International message boards (even one or two here in the USA).