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Ha! ha! Only a foreigner could fail to catch the humour :)
(Read "How to be a Foreigner" by George Mikes and you´ll get the idea)
Oh don´t worry dear, I did catch the humour. I am afraid I never read the book, but I´ve met tons of brits living in "alicanti" for years and not speaking a single word of Spanish... all of them besieged by a sea of foreigners. I do recognize you need ceirtain personal skills to be able to got through this. It´s not an easy task! Brtis are resourceful people!
However I do recognize Spanish can be very resourceful as well. I will never forget a wonderful cruise to Estambul, after visiting the Bazar a nice girl from Valencia made a comparison with Paterna´s (or something like that) market... "And, of course, they don´t have Paella" I said to her. She didn´t catch the humour either.
See, Brits and Spaniards are more alike than you think, we only have a small rock to climb :-)