Precicely why I'm a scientist. My ability to read dialect isn't the best.

[Walter isn't even from the States, though one couldn't really tell by his muddled accent, which sounds like it's pulled from half a dozen states and all mushed together, though if he speaks long enough the shadow of English starts to emerge.]

My own, or the world at large? I have to admit, we've been so busy these last few of years I haven't had the time to read all the latest journals, though I do read Peter's copies of Scientific American when I'm doing my business.