Hmmmm right and since all Americans are just American and didn't come from some other country... let's see, when your ancestors came here, unless you are 100% full blooded English, I can guarantee they at least had some deficiency in speaking English. See, shit like this gets to me because I will be going to Italy to study abroad next year, and when I go, I know I'm gonna sound like some idiot tourist, and I'm not gonna understand everything everyone says. I am going there on the hope that people will be understanding when I f*** up the subjunctive tense or when I can't remember how to say something. It's not easy to go somewhere and just pick up the language. No offense to anyone but most of the people here grew up speaking English and totally can't do it correctly even then. I'd be surprised if most Americans even know what a subjunctive tense is. I give these immigrants a WHOLE shitload of credit for coming here and risking everything to start over - that is far more balls than most would have. So everyone who's bitching, why don't you go check out what your last name is, and if it isn't purely english, and if you can't tell me how to conjugate an English verb into any tense I might throw your way, then STFU. I'd love to know how well you'd do when dropped fresh off the boat in another country. (I'd also love to know how well your ancestors did )