It has bothered me over the years to see the de-emphasis on learning a foreign language in American universities. A few years ago, when I was going through in science, at least one foreign language was mandatory. I took three years of German, even reading Faust in German. In graduate school, I had to do a second language and chose Russian. Seemed like a good choice at the time. Now it seems that no one is compelled to learn another language in our schools. Sad. By the way, there were comments about "Scottish" English. That is one of my very favorite things - to listen to a true Scotsman. It is a lovely variation on English.