[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

[ME Michaud]

I know that international pilots speak their communications in English,
even in the Far East, sometimes (but not always) repeating in the local
language.

Did you read the article about the large number of people with perfect
pitch
in China and Vietnam? Scientific American IIRC. Learned young as part of
language acquisition.
-M

On Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:
>
> That will cause chaos in the transport industry since English *is* the
> universal language in air and sea transport.  I understand that precise
> accenting is important in the various Chinese dialects, which is difficult
> when radio transmissions are not always totally clear.
>
>