interesting responses. i can say i truly only SPEAK english. i can spot a bar fight coming from a mile away in any language though.
i do know a couple things in french, german, italian, spanish, computer, cars, engineering, etc.... BUT i'm definitely best in person. for example i can answer many questions which others might not understand with a simple "click here, copy that and paste it there... or cut that hose off and replace it... etc.". my grade school was predominantly spanish speaking puerto rican. although i'm far from fluent i did tutor a lot of students that didn't speak a lick of english. speaking and understanding are far from the same thing though.
i am a firm believer in KISS (keep it simple stupid). and yes, i resemble that remark!