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Old 26 June 2009, 11:37 AM
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I cant bladdy understand either
Old 26 June 2009, 11:41 AM
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or Welsh ?
Old 26 June 2009, 11:41 AM
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You are lucky. Tam told me the other day he might be on TV as he was interviewed by BBC Scotland. So we dutifully sat down to watch the news in the vain hope of seeing his ugly mug on TV, but instead we had to endure 40 mins of people speaking what was some odd dialect. It sounded like english but after the nips, tatties and something else I lost it
Old 26 June 2009, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
It sounded like english but after the nips, tatties and something else I lost it
Sounds like a **** channel you were watching
Old 26 June 2009, 11:46 AM
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Brummie , by a country mile
Old 26 June 2009, 11:53 AM
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Indian Call centres make me mad with rage. Bad enough getting cold calls from the *******. I can just put the phone down, but when I need to phone somewhere, and the call centre is in ******* India.....

Takes 5 mins to spell your name to tw*ts.

Scottish people.

Don't know about anywhere else in the country, but every weather presenter on the local news programs have been Scottish from as far back as I can remember. I live in the North East, so I suppose they think being closer to the Scottish B*stards, we will understand them better.

The Welsh language is awful. Truly awful
Old 26 June 2009, 11:54 AM
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I was talking to a bloke at BT the other day with the most delicious southern Irish accent, i almost asked him to marry me
Old 26 June 2009, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
I was talking to a bloke at BT the other day with the most delicious southern Irish accent, i almost asked him to marry me

Hellllooo dere
Old 26 June 2009, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
Hellllooo dere

Its not quite the same when you read it


The bloke was 61 but i didnt care cos his voice was like an orgasm
Old 26 June 2009, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares
Its not quite the same when you read it


The bloke was 61 but i didnt care cos his voice was like an orgasm
I can tell that you realise that experience counts above all else Sara!

Les
Old 26 June 2009, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
I can tell that you realise that experience counts above all else Sara!

Les

Thats right, establishing a good rapport is what gets me going
Old 26 June 2009, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sarasquares


The bloke was 61 but i didnt care cos his voice was like an orgasm

I am quoting that and will post it back so your grandchildren can see in later years
Old 26 June 2009, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
I am quoting that and will post it back so your grandchildren can see in later years

I bet you would
Old 26 June 2009, 03:29 PM
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cant stand Indian call centres, but I'm scottish and work in a call centre so i understand myself no problem
Old 26 June 2009, 04:18 PM
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scottish is easy to understand
Old 26 June 2009, 04:52 PM
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Scottish has to be the hardest one in the world. All the words sound like they are caught up in hubba bubba bubble gum


And spit comes out when they talk
Old 26 June 2009, 05:07 PM
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I bet the indian ones cost more at the end of the day. They have done nothing but **** up everything of mine they have handled
Old 26 June 2009, 07:40 PM
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For me its got to be London call centres, i had to phone o2 about my new contract a couple of weeks and had some cockney ****** speaking in local terminology
Old 26 June 2009, 08:41 PM
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I used to work in a call centre many years ago and by far the worst customers to understand were the broadest Welsh accents and people from the Shetlands and Orkneys. I met MrsREV (who's Welsh) at this job and she couldn't understand the Scots and they couldn't understand her
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Originally Posted by 97TURBO
For me its got to be London call centres, i had to phone o2 about my new contract a couple of weeks and had some cockney ****** speaking in local terminology
No O2 call centres in london they are all up north! (Leeds and Bury) so you must have gotten hold of an imposter

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Old 26 June 2009, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyBurns
No O2 call centres in london they are all up north! (Leeds and Bury) so you must have gotten hold of an imposter

Tony
......well that puts to bed the theory that 98% of Londoners feel no need to leave the place, as they believe that **** hole is the centre of the universe..........it must be 97%.
Old 27 June 2009, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Nat21
Scottish call centres are actually chosen because research shows that the majority of people think their accent is soothing and easy to understand.

Indians are choosen because they are cheap
Exactly

Originally Posted by sarasquares
I bet the indian ones cost more at the end of the day. They have done nothing but **** up everything of mine they have handled
And again nail on head but management dont seem to understand this but then maybe they dont care or their earning too much profit in the short term to care.
Old 27 June 2009, 12:30 PM
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I think the indians are a bit better to understand but that's probably because i talk to indian people more when i need to nip into a newsagent or the off licence....
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