[majorchord]

> fluent in 18 months

That's a very interesting definition of fluent.

[chipsrafferty]

If you only surround yourself with a single language for 18 months (literally fully immersive), you can learn any language fluently without even trying. Unless you never leave your apartment.

[majorchord]

Can != Will though. I knew someone who lived in Tokyo for 10 years and never learned any Japanese. They worked for Yahoo.

[wahnfrieden]

It’s not a definition