OT: Regarding Irish
While stationed in Germany, I was in charge of the check writing section (Finance Center, Europe). The colonel's secretary came into my office on my first day and started to talk to me. (At the time I didn't know who she was.) I didn't understand a thing she said, figured she must be speaking in German, so I asked her to repeat herself and I listened for German (this was when I was not "fluent"). Still didn't understand what she said. But, during her speech, I recognized some words and realize that she was Irish and have an unique way of speaking. Put the appropriate mental filter in place and we got along fine.
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
1 Peter 1:24-25
