Thank you, I missed that thread but very interesting. The history behind the grammar is interesting. It just goes to show that there is so much to learn just from this BBS! My German and French grammar is rusty too, they didn't teach these to me in elementary school here (I wish they did).

I voluntarily took a few semesters of German in college just because I was interested in learning something about another language.

I'll freely admit that I am probably overreacting. It is absurd to think that someone overseas singally and wholly blame me for my nation's mistakes simply because I live in it. I think it can be generally be agreed that a lot of people are not comfortable with what is going on right now, myself included. I'm not particularly fond of the idea of going into Iraq, and at the same time I'm scared to think what Saddam can do, and hope that he doesn't do it.