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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by nashashmi on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:14PM (#13411274)
I knew a colleague at work who tried for years learning German while serving in the U.S. Air Force in Germany. Never was able to pick it up.

Then one day he found his future wife who could speak only in German, and he picked it up instantly.

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by ec109685 on Monday January 16, 2017 @01:02PM (#13411673)
Duo Lingo found that "sounding like a fool" is a big inhibitor to learning a language. With his wife, I bet your colleague didn't feel that embarrassment and could thus plow through and pick it it up.
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