Gnah. Misunderstandings prey on my mind and spoil my day, so excuse me if this is entirely obvious and unnecessary...

I damn well admire people with more than one language, okay? Not just my favourites, though obviously French, German or Finnish (or Latin etc) interest me personally much more than Japanese and Spanish. As someone who gets shaky and drymouthed at the very idea of talking to a native speaker, we'd be crazy to think I have anything but admiration for anyone doing the same.

Incidentally, I have been coaxed into trying to hold a conversation with a Finnish chap. It was the most excruciating experience of my recent memory. Similar efforts in Germany left me feeling like a complete numbwad. So you can forget about "oh its not sew bad if u try it121!" comments. :) (On top of everything else, I have... issues with my voice. Trust me on this one - even talking English into a microphone requires me to overcome a lot of self-indulgent "meep!")

So, anyway, non-native Anglophones, if I say I find your accent meltworthy I probably mean just that and am not poking fun.

(It's not a Fish Called Wanda thing, either. Entirely more innocent.)