andrel wrote:
> Same for France (though they have the added problem 
> of no speaking English)

I spent three or four weeks in France, at least two of which were in Paris 
itself. There was only one person I met who refused to speak english, and 
since he was behind a post office desk with my unstamped post cards on the 
table in front of him, I have to assume he was failing to understand me 
intentionally.

China, now... I've never seen such a place for people not knowing English. :-)

> Totally aside: is there a nice psychiatric term for your condition. It 
> clearly is some kind of phobia, but perhaps it is so rare that it does 
> not have a name. Anyone knows?

Parochialism?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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