Cool, thanks for the info. I've never studied it, but bought Rosetta Stone Mandarin during cyber Monday last year and it's 3rd on my list of languages to get started on (luckily the others won't take 20 years to completely master). Just trying to get different language learning advice from people who have succeeded at various languages to figure out optimal ways to learn them, but really it seems like time spent planning it out is better spent just jumping in and learning.

Thanks, see you around on here!