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Quite apart from LTSpice, please accept a moral and ethical
commendation. By living in another culture & learning its language
you are promoting international understanding and respect for all
persons. This is unusual even among educated professionals. When I
was rushed to Mexico City after the earthquake, I learned that one of
my co-workers believed ANYBODY could understand English if only it was
spoken loudly and clearly enough.

An old joke asks, "If somebody who speaks 3 languages is trilingual
and somebody who speaks 2 languages is bilingual, what term describes
somebody who speaks but one language?" The answer, of course, is
"American". This situation is a symptom of a larger arrogance and
self-centeredness which we never intended to cultivate and are
certainly not proud of, but which often limits our ability to accept
others as truly human and our equals. (Yes, I include myself in that
indictment: with the minimal Spanish I learned in High School I could
bumble through ordering from a menu, and possibly even ask for
directions, but writing a coherent paragraph, reading a newspaper or
even normal conversation are beyond me. )

Again, thanks for doing your part. I hope nobody recognizes that I
carry a Scottish name and expects me to reply in Gaelic . . .