[Evans, Marv]

Some people pick up languages faster than others. They say kids up to eight learn very quickly. My former wife had awesome and scarry computing power across the spectrum. She's been the director of Master's and PhD programs at a major university on the east coast for some years now. In the '80s she wanted to become an interpreter at the Olympics in Moscow, so she signed up for Russian courses at the local university where she taught. She didn't go on to do the interpreting gig but did start leading tours in Russia for several years.