Babel

Ever read the story of the tower of Babel?  Over the last day I have communicated with (or at least tried to communicate with) people who spoke no less than 6 different first languages.  Several of these did not speak or understand any English at all.  It really is interesting how a lack of understanding, due to language differences, can turn a seemingly simple task into one that is very slow, frustrating and sometimes near impossible.  I can take this even a step further and consider that a lack of communication ability can be downright dangerous.  I'm still here to tell the story (which will have to wait for a good face to face story telling time) so at least I get to continue on and enjoy a good conversation.