On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:24:43 +0900, MtnTraveler wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:50:03 +0900, MtnTraveler wrote:
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> My goodness! I did think you were a native English speaker, and that
>>>> you were just living in another country. Kudos to you!
>>> Thank you. No, I'm not a native English speaker, but I'm also not living
>>> in my own native country. I work abroad.
>>
>> well, your written english certainly cuts the, um, mustard.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Ouch! (but thanks!) English grammar was the most difficult I had to
> deal with. The rules are not so bad, but the exceptions to them were a
> nightmare!

i am surely glad i didn't have to learn it as an adult. it doesn't make a
whole lot of sense.

your pal,
blake