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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 5424040, member: 14873&quot;]Thank you for the promotion Paulo! I can only imagine the dialog within your family if you mix Dutch and Portuguese -&nbsp; I used to communicate with two fellow cactus researchers (Marlon Machado, Brazilian and Paul Klaasen, Dutch) and we would use English as our common denominator language just like we do here on Coin Talk. It made me realize just how proficient and skilled most “non-native English speaking people” are in my own native language and how deficient I was in theirs! I was also struck with how self conscious and apprehensive many are when writing in English in case they do not use words or phrases correctly (and use poor grammar) when they actually use them as well - or better than the “Native English speakers”. To illustrate this I just might write my next post in Portuguese!</p><p><br /></p><p>(That is a joke - I wouldn’t know how to begin, besides, that would be a violation of the Coin Talk Posting Guidelines).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sir James (Title awarded by [USER=89266]@Multatuli[/USER])<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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