Indeed, that's what I also thought this would be about; What a bummer.

Someone should post that article instead, lol. I'd love to discuss why I am able to comprehend and read a language almost fully but cannot speak it.

Or even something about how writing usefully on a topic requires higher expertise than reading and understanding what was written.

I have a treat for you. A book on the history and development of the English language:

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme—And Other Oddities of the English Language

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