This is a naive view of it. Language learning ability isn't equally distributed. I lived in Mexico for years and was still surpassed by people who were there f

This is a naive view of it. Language learning ability isn't equally distributed. I lived in Mexico for years and was still surpassed by people who were there for six months. I had to fix a lot of quirks and setbacks just to begin the process. For example, I couldn't understand people in English esp over the phone if they had any accent, and I never listened to lyrics of music (unintentional, I just didn't do it naturally).