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

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In article <cvydnTPNh6b7G_HRnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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!

ME: WHAT KIND IS IT?

RG: About a quarter to seven.  :)



>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.

Actually, it's an APD.  I have great difficulties understanding voice in
loud situations; especially, if that volume is created by other voices.
Places such as bars and restaraunts, and when the kids have TV blaring
so that the neighbors can hear it with the doors and windows closed are
examples.

My hearing and sight are tested yearly for signs of neuropathy because 
of ID diabetes.  Both are good save that my sight is experiencing normal
age presbyopia, but the eye doctor says my sight is still better than a
great many of my contemporaries. ;)

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