[Info-vax] Call center companies outsource to US.

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4C6C4EBA.6000602 at nowhere.com>, nobody <nobody at nowhere.com> writes:
>> Bob Koehler wrote:
>>
>>>    So if your next phone call is answered by someone who speaks
>>>    perfectly good American English
>> Some of the indian helpdesk companies do give their employees training 
>> to have the "right" accent. For instance oxford english.
> 
> No way is Inglish going to sound like Oxford English unless Oxford has been
> relocated for India since I was last there.

No, Indians enrolled at Oxford.  I spoke to one by telephone.  The only 
clue to his ethnicity was his name.

> 
> 
>> Perhaps there will be similar training for the US employees. Either 
>> learn proper oxford english or at least have indian accent.
> 
> I have a problem understanding people who speak with the proNJ dialect.  I
> really can't understand half of what is said when it's Inglish.  I spent a
> great deal of time at the last TUD shaking my head and thinking, "What the
> hell did they just say?"
> 

Hearing aids might help!  I have one in each ear.  If that's your 
problem the only alternative is to ask people to "Shout it in my ear!" 
Been there, done that!

See a good audiologist!  There's an excellent chance that that is your 
problem and the hearing test will tell you.  Yes hearing aids are 
expensive but well worth it if you need them!  Have you, by any chance, 
been exposed to loud noises?  Were you in the Armed Services?  Perhaps 
as a "radio operator"? ;-)  If so, the government *might* pick up part 
or all of the cost.

I was an oxymoron!