No parle francais....just got the blood in my veins, but it was americanized out

Unfortunately! I do know a bit of Spanish though, as the U.S. has a very high spanish-speaking population these days. But as I'm in Japan, not really all that applicable to where I'm at now.
Regarding Sri Lankans being americanized. Actually I don't know! On this thread, seems like very international, great sense of humor, everything else. Maybe most posters have connections with UK, OZ, US, Can. and such??
That's something I guess I'll figure out later...