To be fair, I had almost eight years of French in school (Canadian), and the best I can do now is read it semi-fluently. Languages have to be used or they're l

To be fair, I had almost eight years of French in school (Canadian), and the best I can do now is read it semi-fluently. Languages have to be used or they're lost. I spent a year learning to read Old English and got up to a decent proficiency; that's gone, now, too.