OT - Call Centres......Arrrggggg!

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2006-08-23, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > There are Scots round here! We are offended!!
>
> I was brought up in Scotland, but I still had to get one Scottish call
> centre droid to spell a word for me recently, and was most surprised
> to find that the word in question turned out to be "fountain".. She
> was a tad miffed.

I work with a couple of Scottish blokes and even after living down here
(Yorkshire) for a while we sometimes still have difficulty understanding
them, what's more worrying is that they say they now can't understand their
own family when they go back home

Greg

"JD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The problem with this is that the ABC (copied from the BBC) is
> dependent on funding from general revenue, and hence much more subject to
> political pressure by the government of the day.

Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming not
only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was actually
good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the government told us
that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations, a more blatant
manipulation of the media I have yet to see outside a dictatorship.
Greg

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> and video recorders with tuners in 'em.

And PCs with tuner cards...

Greg

Ian Rawlings wrote:

> On 2006-08-23, JD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just as a note of interest - in this country (Australia) radio and TV
>> licences (system was copied from the UK) were abolished about thirty
>> years ago. The problem with this is that the ABC (copied from the BBC) is
>> dependent on funding from general revenue, and hence much more subject to
>> political pressure by the government of the day.
>
> It doesn't seem to stop Philip Adams on Late Night Live laying into
> the government all the time, one of my favourite podcasts. Then again
> I suppose he's on late at night for a reason!
>

I didn't say they responded to the pressure, but it is much more likely than
if they had a separate income stream.
JD

Greg wrote:

> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On 2006-08-23, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > There are Scots round here! We are offended!!
>>
>> I was brought up in Scotland, but I still had to get one Scottish call
>> centre droid to spell a word for me recently, and was most surprised
>> to find that the word in question turned out to be "fountain".. She
>> was a tad miffed.
>
> I work with a couple of Scottish blokes and even after living down here
> (Yorkshire) for a while we sometimes still have difficulty understanding
> them, what's more worrying is that they say they now can't understand
> their own family when they go back home
>
> Greg

I have a Scottish acquaintance who lives in the US and has married a local.
A few years back he visited home with his wife and inlaws. His
father-in-law, shopping by himself, saw something he was interested in and
asked his Scottish son in law to look at it the next day. When he did (by
himself), the shopkeeper commented "Don't see many Americans here, but
you're the second one in two days to look at that!"
JD

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:55:36 +0200, Srtgray wrote:

> No, we asked if we had to disable the equipment in any way, but they
> said there was no need. I suppose that woe betide us if they caught us
> at watching UK broadcasts...

Probably, I guess they work on the basis that if your asking the
questions you're honest...

Looking at other posts it seems the goal posts have moved again in the
last few years regarding the use of tellys as display devices for DVD
players and games consols.

> I can give you the bloke's name, if you're interested.

Can't be arsed, now where is my fish food?

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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:21:26 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:

>> But there hasn't been a Radio License for years!
>
> Is there a cat license? I have a bee license for my pet bee Eric.

Eric was a halibut not a bee.

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JD wrote:
> Greg wrote:
>
>> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> On 2006-08-23, Dougal <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are Scots round here! We are offended!!
>>> I was brought up in Scotland, but I still had to get one Scottish call
>>> centre droid to spell a word for me recently, and was most surprised
>>> to find that the word in question turned out to be "fountain".. She
>>> was a tad miffed.
>> I work with a couple of Scottish blokes and even after living down here
>> (Yorkshire) for a while we sometimes still have difficulty understanding
>> them, what's more worrying is that they say they now can't understand
>> their own family when they go back home
>>
>> Greg
>
> I have a Scottish acquaintance who lives in the US and has married a local.
> A few years back he visited home with his wife and inlaws. His
> father-in-law, shopping by himself, saw something he was interested in and
> asked his Scottish son in law to look at it the next day. When he did (by
> himself), the shopkeeper commented "Don't see many Americans here, but
> you're the second one in two days to look at that!"
> JD

As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a broad
Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I guess I lose
out both ways

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"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

Duracell Bunny wrote:

> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a
> broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I
> guess I lose out both ways

I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).


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EMB wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have
>> a broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie
>> sheila. I guess I lose out both ways
>
> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
> spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
> Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>
>

That's an easy test - get a Kiwi to say 'Sex in sacks sucks' & see if you can
tell the difference in the words

They always say sex in sex sex.

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"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:36:50 +0100, Greg wrote:

> Tell us about it, recently there was a documentary on the BBC claiming
> not only that nuclear power was safe but that a bit of radiation was
> actually good for you, I kid you not!. A couple of days later the
> government told us that it wanted to build more nuclear power stations,

You spotted that as well. It's not the only example if you watch what is
on the telly in documentary form and what is quietly kicking around the
political arena.

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"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a
>> broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I
>> guess I lose out both ways
>
> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have spent
> a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a Aussie when
> I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>
>
> --
> EMB

Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
Australia.
Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all
speak with a Kiwi accent.

-Craig.



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"Greg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> GbH wrote:
>
>> It would be funnier if it wasn't so true!
>
> And if not for the fact that the people in Indian call centres speak
> better english, with a better accent and better understanding of our
> geography than those in many of the UK ones 8-(.
> Greg
>

Speaking of Indian call centres...
This sound clip did the rounds a while ago.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~cybergus/news/telstra_india.mp3

It's old now, but it's a gem.

--Craig



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CraigB wrote:
> "EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a
>>> broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I
>>> guess I lose out both ways
>> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have spent
>> a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a Aussie when
>> I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>>
>>
>> --
>> EMB
>
> Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
> Australia.
> Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all
> speak with a Kiwi accent.
>
> -Craig.
>
>
>
Worse - they think Australia is the same place as Austria, it's in Europe to
many of them!

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"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

CraigB wrote:
> "EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>
>>>As an ex-Pom, I'm used to my Pommie friends saying on the phone I have a
>>>broad Aussie accent, yet to any Aussie here I'm still a Pommie sheila. I
>>>guess I lose out both ways
>>
>>I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have spent
>>a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a Aussie when
>>I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).
>>
>>
>>--
>>EMB
>
>
> Something really scary ...the US and Canada think that NZ is part of
> Australia.
> Their adverts over here for "Aussie" products and their "Aussie" actors all
> speak with a Kiwi accent.
>
> -Craig.
>
>
>
I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
for NZ to ratify it, I guess.

Stuart

Srtgray wrote:

> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.

Not bloody likely. ;-)

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EMB

EMB wrote:
> Srtgray wrote:
>
>> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
>> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
>> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
>
> Not bloody likely. ;-)
>
We'd not have them these days anyway - we value the blood lines of our sheep too
much

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behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

Duracell Bunny wrote:
> EMB wrote:
>> Srtgray wrote:
>>
>>> I once saw a copy of the Australian constitution which listed New
>>> Zealand as a State along with all the others - they were just waiting
>>> for NZ to ratify it, I guess.
>>
>> Not bloody likely. ;-)
>>
> We'd not have them these days anyway - we value the blood lines of our
> sheep too much

You're confused again Karen - NZ is not a part of Wales.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
>> ... something like if the streaming media is going out at roughly the
>> same time as the radio signal then you need a license to receive it
>> ...
>
> But there hasn't been a Radio License for years!

Damn! What was that bill this morning then?

G8JFT

On 2006-08-23, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know the feeling - accused of being a Pom (which I'm not but have
> spent a fair bit of time in the UK) when I'm at home, and of being a
> Aussie when I'm in the UK (bloody Poms - can't tell a Kiwi accent).

As a kid I got picked on for being English when I lived in Scotland,
and for being Scottish when I lived in England. That would explain
why I hate everyone ;-)

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