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The reason for that is obvious to me: these people from Germany, Russia and China speak dumbed-down simplified version of English. Do you really want the English guy to forget 2/3 of his native language just to please others?

What I see more often is Russians and Chinese don't even try and stuck with their broken English after decades of living in USA or UK.

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> Do you really want the English guy to forget 2/3 of his native language just to please others?

Communication is about exchanging information. If you're this English guy and you're blabbing something and no one understands you, would you be fine with being not understood (i.e. your information being lost)? If so, why even open your mouth?

GP's scenario is about people in Continental Europe. If the English knowledge is weak, an English person speaking in idioms (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awUqKKEKQh4 ) would confuse them quite easily.

I prefer to not work with people that I can't communicate with.

From your 2 responses, you seem like a difficult fellow to work with.

I wish the people who do have to work with you as little hardship as they need to suffer...

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