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Originally Posted by ApK
I have never had any talent for foreign language. Best I can manage is saying 'I don't speak your language' in several languages. I can't even see what makes 'Old English' related to 'English.'
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With me, it's the other way around, at least when reading or listening. I can understand the basics of a language very quickly, sometimes within minutes if related to Dutch, German or English. (10 years ago, I installed a Danish computer for someone, noting in passing that half of it looked like weird German... Not a smart remark....)
One of the best things I could do would be to study Spanish, I think. Possibly, I'd understand half of Portuguese and Italian as well.
One thing that does cost me a lot of effort is math (I'm just not very fast at it), and ironically, I have a technical profession which requires math, and no language skills....