LOL There's nothing natural about learning to balance a cheque book, or calculus either

As for subvocalising... I've been doing it for some 30+ years, still do it and I found photoreading easy to learn.

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Unlearning childhood habits can be extremely difficult and painful.
That is one of the reason why learning a second language is so difficult as an adult. We want to avoid those childhood taunts at all cost. As an adult perhaps we should know better or have a thick enough skin to tolerate the laughter of our peers when we say something and they find something extremely funny about it, the way or what you've said it. One habit we develop as a child is avoidance of situations where we might find ourselves the butt of a joke. You've said it well...Unlearning childhood habits can be extremely difficult and painful.

Alex