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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 5426751, member: 81887&quot;]In the lab where I work, at a major research university with international reach, I am definitely in the minority as a native speaker of English.&nbsp; I am regularly impressed by how my colleagues, in addition to mastering very complex scientific and medical knowledge, also manage to express those concepts in quite good English.&nbsp; True, some are more proficient than others, but all are managing some impressive ability.&nbsp; I&#039;ve worked with native speakers of Japanese, Mandarin, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Korean, Farsi, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Dutch, Portuguese, Thai, and probably some that I&#039;m forgetting, and all of them spoke English better than I spoke their languages.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also been in the reverse situation while traveling and trying to use my very limited Spanish or Italian (or whatever phrases I could remember of any other language), and understand how frustrating it can be to be unable to express your thoughts to the people around you in anything but &quot;baby-talk&quot;, if that.&nbsp; So, thank you to everyone who is struggling with their English- you&#039;re probably doing better than you think, and we (speaking on behalf of all Anglophones) appreciate your effort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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