To all,After reading Emmanuel's most recent (that's different from "last") note, I continue to be amazed at how much better folks who can speak French also speak English better than we here in the U.S. (No offense to those in the UK, they sort of do O.K. Australia is a different story altogether).
I once had some joint venture projects with a French company and got to know some of their engineers very well (CSF for those who remember), and was amazed at their command of our language, and even more amazed at their knowledge of our politics and political system.
DAW