*grin* Even in French, the letters we get are very flowery. I like it - much more fun to read. I can read most European languages with reasonable comphrehension (Greek and Latin proving useful after all) and one day, I will learn to read the Bulgarian alphabet...

My colleague is Polish and articles are the thing that trip her up the most, especially in writing - it's only when you sit down and try to explain it that you realise the English construction is more complicated than it looks.