Well my dear Herbert, I have cleared this matter with the forum holder before I registered, and it was fine by him. The Net has made the world a village, and while this is a German Forum, English has been accepted by its owner. English is also the general language on the Net. Sorry, I don't mean to offend anyone here.
My Italian is worse then my German, but you have a choice of languages as far as I'm concerned. Flemish, French, Dutch, English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, Hungarian, Spanish and a smattering of Schwytzerdütsch.
I forgot to mention, my mom is from Lausanne, the French speaking part of Switzerland. And of course, I read German fluently so it really isn't a problem for me.