Full marks for the ATCOS.... the comment made earlier about phraseology varying across the world prompted me to consider how many countries I'd had to fly in and out of over my career... the approx number was something over 50 and I can honestly say that I've never run into a problem using standard ICAO phrasing... on the contrary... the less well English is spoken and the more remote the area the more likley it is that standard calls will succeed... I've also noticed that it's almost entirely the pilots not ATCOS that deviate from the correct phrasing... why should that be ? ... both are under pressure to perform professionally....
I've only recently begun operating out of the Emirates on a regular basis and so have limited experience here but I will say... having looked at the area charts before my first arrival... 1) I was extremely relieved to here ex-pat voices responding to calls... and 2) I've been thoroughly impressed by the standards displayed ( so far )... In an area where it must be tempting to let everyone fly a full STAR we have a bunch of enthusiastic controllers jockying us around with vectors to get the whole thing working as efficiently as possible...
Here at least are my thanks for a job being well done.