[pekru]

> Again, like you say, it is probably not the India and China people's fault,

> their level of english is terrible

Indians'/Chinese'

[veidr]

I'm pretty sure that level of nitpicking is outside the scope of what the the (non-native English speaking) poster meant when they said 'their english is terrible'.

[TsomArp]

While I don't completely understand your comment, I didn't say my level of english was perfect ;)

[dredmorbius]

Appreciating that you're undoubtedly communicating better in English than I would in your native language, the fact is that if you're a (principally) English-speaking company, with (principally) English-speaking customers, hiring (principally) non-English-speaking support or contract services, there will be communications issues, and those lead directly to business issues.

I've encountered this in dealings with companies, as well as within companies (one, otherwise brilliant, co-worker had the specifically annoying verbal tic of pronouncing the letter 'R' as 'A', which given local acronym naming schemes was very frequently encountered.

I've also, of course, met (and worked with) foreigners of all stripes with flawless (and often charmingly accented) English.