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For reasons I'm not sure of, Skiprr and TAM's discussion reminds of a a Spanish speaking girlfriend I had who initially felt insecure about working in an exclusive French restaurant, but quickly learned she understood most of the French spoken with her knowledge of Spanish.

Another Spanish speaking girlfriend I had, moved to Italy with her mother. She too initially felt insecure about not being able to speak Italian. On their very first night in Italy, while she was drinking a glass of wine while sitting in a one story balcony over the very busy sidewalk which afforded her the ability to overhear the boulevardiers while they conversed in passing, she quicklyrealized she understood 80% of what they had to say as Italian is much akin to Spanish...

A Saber!