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To: JDN who wrote (128722)	7/31/2005 7:58:17 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

Yes, no doubt many will be disappointed. About a year ago I was driving across Germany and stopped at a local diner. Seated at the table next to me were four black American servicemen, so I began chatting with a couple of them. It was nice to meet someone who spoke English since I knew very little German. The guys were having a good time talking about work, living in Germany and so forth. And like a lot of black American men they talked in the inner city street accent with one another. Born and raise in D.C. this was a language I understood very well. :-) Anyway, when the waitress came to the table, I was surprised to see every one of the guys shift into speaking perfect German, a couple of them started flirting with the waitress and joking around with her and a couple of German guys from another table joined in on the exchange. I could tell she was having a good time with the banter. Made me proud of the relationship we've built over so many years with the German people. Most Americans think of our tourists as being the face of America people see overseas, few understand it's our overseas military personnel who have a far greater impact, because they live there, work there, form relationships over many years there, often getting married and learning the language.