Talent has always struck me as a strange thing to compliment people on, much like complementing them on the country they were born in or their last name. It's n

Talent has always struck me as a strange thing to compliment people on, much like complementing them on the country they were born in or their last name. It's not something you can really help if we accept it as something innate. If however you think that someone shows particular adeptness at a skill of some kind, imo it's more applicable to compliment hard work or to note that years of practice has clearly paid off.