Yupp like Prostheta said: Polygon lasso, use Image -> Variations to get the basic colour, gamma then fool around with the brush to to "fine tune" it, then gamma again if you feel it aint poppin enough.
I do it in Photoshop.
I think everytime you start learning a new language you start with the cussing because it is funnier than starting with all the grammar. All the French, German and so on that I know is mostly cussing.
I went to France as an exchange student and I was surprised at the level of their English skills. I got a letter from the person I was staying at and she seemed to have decent english skills but when I met her they went down to what I could say when I was like 7 or 8 years old. I'm not saying all the french people suck at english but I have to agree with aidlook on the subtitles. I could read and understand most english by the age of 6 and I did watch alot of english/american movies. No books or anything taught to me just watching movies had me learning english. I am swedish just as aidlook.