My post was in reference to the article and furriners but It’s not an issue for us. Verbose passing arrangements with unintelligible ESL speakers in open water and light traffic are one thing but the shorthand works fine between tug guys and pilots in places like the Houston ship channel where there’s heavy traffic and a lot of people are on the same frequency. The Bolivar intersection is probably the busiest in the country and passing arrangements need to be kept short.