Russell McMahon wrote:
>> If you don't mind me asking -- how many languages do you speak,
>> Russell?
>
> Only the most important one :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Give it a few more years.. ;-))))

[snip]
> Had a surprisingly hard time with USAian.
> ________________
>
> Somewhere in Arizona, 2003:
>
>    Have you got any ice?
>            Ace?
>   Ice. It's cold. It's sold in bags. Aiy---ssssssss
>            Eyes???
>    ICE. You put it in drinks. It's cold. Sold in a bag about this big
> .. . Whitish. Made from water.
>            Oh!! ICE!!! - - no we don't have any of that!

LOL. :) Was it a native speaker of American English?

We have a large immigrant population in Arizona. Phoenix is a very diverse 
place -- one of the reasons I like living here.

Vitaliy

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