wrote on Jun 11^th, 2006 at 7:20pm:

Speaking of which....(since only what is the norm in England is good here)...how many people would you advise to move to England without speaking a word of English...and yet we expect....

;D ;D

Had this conversation only the other week with someone complaining about all the 'foriegeners' coming to live in the UK who don't learn the language and have their 'own' shops et c.  Fair enough point, but this person has, for a number of years, had a property down on the Costa del Sol (where he intends to retire)  and has never learned a word of Spanish! He also only frequents English bars, eats English food and watches Sky tv whilst down there.

He didn't see the irony  :-?

Penny (now have the Catalan cd's, just need to listen to them!)