“Everyone speaks English nowadays,” I overheard a young man at a neighboring table at the Bulldog Pub. “This is why I am studying Russian,” a young woman replied. In their late teens, they must be at the beginning of their university studies. “English gives you no advantage,” the young man concluded. “Gosh,” I heard myself think, “there’s a future for my writings in Croatia!” It did not take me long to start wondering about my good luck. “Yuck,” I got up from my table and headed home, “that would be a complete and total disaster.” Would that I remained incognito till my last breath. “Fuck English,” I muttered as I got into my stride.