My experience: You can learn a new language, in a couple of weeks, if you’re experienced. But you’re gonna have a heavy accent. Learning the language without

My experience: You can learn a new language, in a couple of weeks, if you’re experienced. But you’re gonna have a heavy accent. Learning the language without an accent, takes years, no matter how good you are. There’s always stories of apocryphal John Henry types, but I’ve never actually met one, and I’ve worked with some pretty sharp characters.