The July 16 message began, in imperfect English, "I with trembling heart waited your letter."

The questions were coming faster than the young woman could respond in her imperfect English.

"I believe they do not wish to have this type of situation," she said the other day in sturdy, if imperfect, English.

Speaking imperfect English, he said that he would like some day to go to Oxford to continue his studies.

"Actually, it's all sports and the way that sports are not so elitistic any more," she said in charmingly imperfect English.

And in imperfect but unstoppable English, he went on to explain the meaning of the deaths in relation to his work.

"Makeup artists never do same thing twice," she said in her imperfect English.

In imperfect English, they ask the boy what he is doing.

Weeping, he said in imperfect English that he wanted to address his customers.

Kafelnikov can be much more diverting in his imperfect English.