That's an interesting reply Peter
I'm going to throw my toys out the pram and say I don't mind either
I guess its just like some people are bilingual and slip into one language as easy as another.
I use stylized counters in my AAR's so that people that don't understand the NATO ones can get a grasp of what is going on.
I would probably switch to NATO ones in my own games if the counter symbols were larger, but its so hard to see them, especially as I'm getting older, that I am happy to stick with the stylized ones.