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From: Bod on 19 Mar 2010 14:52 On 19/03/2010 18:14, Bod wrote: > On 19/03/2010 17:58, Adrian wrote: >> Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >> saying: >> >>>>>> Right, so you accept that your claim that you've "never spoken to an >>>>>> Indian call centre speaker, who I didn't have to keep saying "can you >>>>>> repeat that please" many times" is complete and utter bollocks, then? >>>>>> >>>>>> Good-oh. As we were. >> >>>>> Are you smoking 'funny' stuff again? >> >>>> I'm not the one claiming things, getting all indignant when called on >>>> them, then promptly contradicting myself. >> >>> Perhaps you haven't got the gist of what I am telling you. >>> >>> I have had great difficulty understanding heavy Indian and some broad >>> Scottish accents over the phone. >>> >>> Is that clear enough? >> >> Absolutely clear. >> >> It's not what you started off claiming, though. > > > > > > Rubbish Adrian, it has been quite clear all along what I said and meant. > > (let's ask the field): Anyone else confused by what I previously said? > > Bod > > Although "the field" does not include Steve Filth, alias 'Tourettes Tom). Bod
From: Ret. on 19 Mar 2010 15:43 Bod wrote: > On 19/03/2010 17:58, Adrian wrote: >> Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> they were saying: >> >>>>>> Right, so you accept that your claim that you've "never spoken >>>>>> to an Indian call centre speaker, who I didn't have to keep >>>>>> saying "can you repeat that please" many times" is complete and >>>>>> utter bollocks, then? Good-oh. As we were. >> >>>>> Are you smoking 'funny' stuff again? >> >>>> I'm not the one claiming things, getting all indignant when called >>>> on them, then promptly contradicting myself. >> >>> Perhaps you haven't got the gist of what I am telling you. >>> >>> I have had great difficulty understanding heavy Indian and some >>> broad Scottish accents over the phone. >>> >>> Is that clear enough? >> >> Absolutely clear. >> >> It's not what you started off claiming, though. >> >> > > Rubbish Adrian, it has been quite clear all along what I said and > meant. > (let's ask the field): Anyone else confused by what I previously said? Nope, not at all. I have no idea where the Linksys customer support agent I spoke to this morning is located - all I know is that he was Asian and somewhat difficult to understand. If you are not accustomed to hearing English spoken with broad accents (which can be British dialects - not just foreign), then you will invariably find yourself having to ask people to repeat what they have just said. For Adrian to equate this to racism is utterly ludicrous. Kev
From: Conor on 20 Mar 2010 09:34 On 19/03/2010 15:20, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:39 +0000 > Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> On 19/03/2010 08:13, Ret. wrote: >> >>> In what way? If you are not consciously concentrating on your driving - >>> then you are on 'auto-pilot' in the general understanding of that term >>> when applied to driving. >> >> Really? If that is so, how come I've not had an accident in 1.8 million >> miles? > > It was 2 million yesterday. Is time running backwards? I've never said 2 million. I've said the thick end of in the past... -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 20 Mar 2010 09:38 On 19/03/2010 15:32, Ret. wrote: > 100% correct - and I'm getting very weary of Adrian's attempts to brand > me a racist. The caller this morning was Asian. He had an Asian accent - > and that was why I was struggling to understand him. Completely agree with you. When I get put through to an Indian call centre, I ask to be transferred to the UK. Its not because I'm racist, nor is it because they can't speak English. It is because even though you can speak the language it doesn't mean you can understand the culture, common sayings and regional nuances which someone living in the UK can. And I wish they'd stop saying "Good morning, this is Robert" when you know full well you're talking to someone in Bangladesh called Muhammed. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 20 Mar 2010 09:40
On 19/03/2010 17:16, Adrian wrote: > No, but you do get people who are perfectly clear and easy to understand > working in call centres which just happen to be in India. Which is meaningless. I've had plenty who can speak good English, are quite intelligent but don't have any grasp of our culture, behaviour, traditions and regional nuances and as a result even though they've understood the words coming out of my mouth, they've not understood the relevance or context. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |