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HughBeaumont

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30. It'd be nice if I had the time and money to learn a second language.

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:09 AM

Jan 2013

It just takes too damned long to be fluent. If I'm learning a second language, I'm not going to want to sound like an American tourist when I'm done. Unfortunately, that takes time and gobs of cash. "Ever heard of a library??" PFFFFFFFFFFFT. The old school repetition-based crap they got there isn't getting me off the launch pad. More than a few reviewers of the expensive Rosetta Stone system even say you won't be fluent even after five volumes of it. What does it take? I don't exactly have money to travel and I don't live in Canada.

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