Europe has a large population who have been taught English to a decent degree. Outside of Europe that's not always the case. I struggle to understand people who

Europe has a large population who have been taught English to a decent degree. Outside of Europe that's not always the case. I struggle to understand people who can't make an effort to speak clearly and consider following basic rules of grammar an optional extra. I was recently in a meeting where a lot of confusion was caused by the attendees' inability to pronounce words "know", "now", and "no". It took them a good 10 minutes to agree on what they meant and move on. The solution here is to accept the fact that learning any foreign language is a lifelong pursuit. I still remember the moment when I began thinking in English and from then on I became more extrovert.