Not a problem, strange. I think that there's a bit of a difference in learning for a westerner and the whole three types of writing thing seems to be so scary at first. It's the Kanji that is the toughest and requires the most studying...It's still a lot of fun to learn even if I may never get to the point where I can read a daily newspaper.

So Strange, does your family speak Japanese? Is that how you have learned? I wish my parents could speak it. I would of had a lot more practice than I have had now for sure. Of course I wouldn't of appreciated it much if they had...