I'm actually teaching myself. I take ASL at school and Japanese through a small internet school. So by the end of the year I hope to be quite good at three new languages. Now if I could only get English right...
IMO the only way to really learn a language is to live in a country that speaks it. It also doesn't hurt to have studied Linguistics. After less than a year and a half in Brazil, Brazilians tell me I speak Portuguese like a native and with no accent.
I'm taking Spanish lessons, I'm not sure how much I can understand, but it's fun at least! Sorta like learning a new programming language but harder, since I have to learn how to speak it and everything...
It's really actually easy to teach yourself. You just have to have connections.
For example: I talk on a daily basis to people who are fluent in French on Carracho. My friend speaks Japanese quite well. And my brother has taken ASL three years in a row.
So for me, learning these languages is just a basic conversation with some friends.
Mr. K, first you have to be a standout person and famous worldwide for thinking differently. You can't just be a loyal, faithful Mac user; you have to use your Mac to change the world, like Trip's signature says.
I didn't even notice the Apple.com update until a couple minutes ago. Sad. And instead of having me be on there when i die: I'd rather just live forever.
OK, for the next 5 minutes all drinks are on me, I'm celebrating.
My new iPod FINALLY arrived, and I was quite surprised to find it was much thinner than the previous one, I was expecting the same dimensions with rounded edges...oh well, the smaller, the better