Is the grasp of English by our foreign posters here humbling?

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I constantly forget that English is not their first language, they speak it so well. In that sense, it typically isn't humbling - because I forget how impressive it really is. Then you put this up and yes I am humbled. The only chap who you realise doesn't speak English as his first language is that french chap with the orange avatar, who has recently been posting under the username "B." Even though his sentence structure sometimes is a little different (which I believe is because french sentence structure is quite different) he speaks very good english and since I don't speak any other language even a little bit, I'm certainly not one to judge.

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But still, that doesn't explain the UK and Australia. Ever noticed that most English speakers do not know a foreign language? It might have to do with the fact that it is seen as so important that few anglos feel like learning a foreign language.

I took Japanese classes at school when I was thirteen, but really sucked. I would love to learn french and italian (my soon-to-be sister-in-law actually did her schooling in french, so perhaps I should ask her) but I have a feeling I will be terrible at it.