@erikah thats a good one. You are right about the British (I'm not one by the way.) My German language tutor did a thesis on the learning abilities of his students from all over the world. He found that his Eastern European students picked up German very quickly. His Spanish and French were quick as well. Irish were in their bracket. But the English and Americans were disasters. The reason being is that the Brits learn no second language. The rest of the countries are made learn ENglish, Russian, SPanish. Even the IRish have their own native language and hence that is the reason that we are with the other Europeans. The German lecturer concluded that you may as well be teaching Chinese to the British as they have no prior knowledge of grammar structure so they are learning from the start. The Eastern European has already learned 2 lanaguages by the time they reach secondary school. Mad isn't it.