I have a thing for learning new languages. I'm not sure why, but they draw me in. Because of this I have studied several over the years(Japanese, Chinese, German, French, and Russian) but I never get to use them.
Several years ago, my youngest daughter and I started studing Japanese. Once we felt we could communicate slightly better than a drunken tourist, we wanted to test it out. So we promptly visited the nearest "Japanese" resturant to mingle with the natives. Not a single person in the place spoke or even understood Japanese. The chef was from Mexico! At least at the Chinese buffett they understood 'thank you' (and even seemed pleased I actually made the effort).
But it is not like riding a bicycle, you will forget if ou don't practice. So today when I visited my wife's work and I ran into a co-worker of her's that is learning Japanese, I blanked...
Back to the books I guess (I still may need it someday :-))
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