Posted by Spanish Native in India | Posted in Life in India | Posted on 25-03-2011
I woke up and my Digital TV was showing a Marathi channel instead of Star Movies, the Lok Sabha instead of HBO, was I still sleeping? Nope, all the channels were just scrambled. I called the Costumer Service and selected “English” as my language. I waited…. and waited… finally I spoke with a guy:
- My name is blah blah, may I know who is on the line? He said
- My name is Nina I said (My twitter friends suggested me to just pick any Indian name to avoid further confusions lol)
I explained my problem and then he started asking me some questions. The thing is that I was not able to understand what the heck he was saying. He was speaking in English indeed, but this wasn’t an Indian/English accent at all. It wasn’t an American or British English accent either. It was a kind of strange vocalization, I think he was trying to copy a British accent but he was doing it very bad. All I could hear was a continuous kind of “roar” like if he had a huge chewing gum in his mouth lol.
Seriously? Is this how you train your employees in English accent? I couldn’t help but laugh a lot after I hung up the phone. Still I don’t know very well what he said to me ha ha.
Hey you guys working at the call centres, you can speak in Indian/English coz… you are in India! and… most of the times you talk to Indians! Just don’t try to speak that kind of hybrid English, it sounds awful… really.
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You are too funny. I always love reading your blogs. As I continue to date an Indian, I can relate to some of your issues and other times I love to learn what you are experiencing — Thank You
Thanks for your comment Kirsten. I’m glad you enjoy the blog. So many things are always happening here that I just try to take them with a good sense of humor, for my own mental health ha ha. All the best with your Indian BF too!