Yeah, I wasn't intending to imply disagreement. Comment just sorta wandered on me to a broad-based reaction to lots of comments I saw on the thread. You see so

Yeah, I wasn't intending to imply disagreement. Comment just sorta wandered on me to a broad-based reaction to lots of comments I saw on the thread. You see so many people who get stuck while language learning for whatever reason, and I've become convinced it's basically just about motivation. When I was younger I completely failed to learn to speak French because of embarrassment/shyness, so I do understand why people say that English is a crutch. I think part of the reason I was more successful with Japanese was that I was having more fun while I was doing it!