[Mithalwen]

You are in Singapore? Amongst my LOTR film memorabilia is a Singaporean film magazine sent by a friend from another board. It is amazing how it appeals to so many people across the world. Anyway as we have said before - one of the nice things about the downs is that age is irrelevant as well as nationality. As an older, native speaker, I am frequently astounded by the level of English of many younger non-native speakers.... especially when it turns out that English isn't their speciality.

Many of my French friends learnt their English from pop music - but, it may be my age (that at which new pop music has largely turned into an indistinct burble, and I have, clearly, turned into my father....) but I would think that this forum would certainly expose you to better English ....