Help me with my American Accent
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All she did was ask for help and then copped a load of shit for her nationality. Its things like this that have driven me away from CP lately
Thanks. I really appreciate your concern. :)
mawi_ram
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leckey wrote:
but when someone who has much less training that you gets your job for a fraction of the salary, you will understand my position.
That would upset anyone without doubt but its hardly this persons fault. Seems to me she's polite, well spoken and willing to work hard in her own time to get what she wants.
Thanks man! :-O
mawi_ram
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That's another thing I find infuriating; just because you can fake American you can get a better paycheck than a programmer? I want to say thing that are no longer appropriate.
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It's all about demand. If you have 1000 skilled programmers and only 10 skilled call center workers who are capable of doing the job, who will get paid more? Getting a call center position in the Philippines is highly contested. They're not just off the street bogans you appear to make them out to be.
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
Why in the name of the Lord do you want to sound american? Can't you choose a nicer axcent? Good old Brittish? Jamaican maybe!
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
Learn to speak with a British English accent rather than an American one. Oddly enough most Americans take a British accent as a sign of talent in the acting profession (as a call center worker you are a really an actor :) ) and are more inclined to listen attentively. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/fry-americans-confuse-british-accents-for-talent-441002.html[^]
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Why in the name of the Lord do you want to sound american? Can't you choose a nicer axcent? Good old Brittish? Jamaican maybe!
Oh. It's a requirement to the job I'm applying. :)
mawi_ram
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
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Harsh, L.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
I don't think it was harsh at all. *I* would have been harsh.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
You need to start using "f*ck" every once in a while (and don't forget to learn forms of the word so you can use it with authority).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Why in the name of the Lord do you want to sound american? Can't you choose a nicer axcent? Good old Brittish? Jamaican maybe!
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
I take it you haven't worked in a call centre before. Remember many Indians are leaving them because of the stress. As a British caller I have found it extremely frustrating at times calling them, partly because of the accent (even though I have had quite a few Indian friends and colleagues over the years) and partly because they have been given simple scripts to follow and it is rare to find someone who can really help. My suggestion - look for something better! Elaine :rose:
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I take it you haven't worked in a call centre before. Remember many Indians are leaving them because of the stress. As a British caller I have found it extremely frustrating at times calling them, partly because of the accent (even though I have had quite a few Indian friends and colleagues over the years) and partly because they have been given simple scripts to follow and it is rare to find someone who can really help. My suggestion - look for something better! Elaine :rose:
Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.
Trollslayer wrote:
look for something better!
Yeah, like - ummmm - anything. If he can get past the fact that they sell beef, a job at McDonald's is preferable to making us suffer through a conversation with an Indian at a call center that claims his name is "Larry".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Yup you're right and I really don't have a choice 'coz I need the money - they pay call center agents here higher than the programmers.
***marie ram***
That sucks.
Software Zen:
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I agree with both of you. It's not the fault of the person who needs the job that it's been moved to where they are, but as consumers the best way to protest the movement of jobs offshore ( which you could protest because of the impact on local workers, or because of a drop in quality, I certainly hate talking to people who can't understand me ), is to let our feelings be known and take our business elsewhere. I know I buy milk that costs almost twice as much, in protest of the bigger groups who are killing the farmers. I think that's the only way to show you're serious about supporting paying a fair price for a fair product.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
Christian Graus wrote:
I certainly hate talking to people who can't understand me
I know exactly what you mean. The call centre for my ISP is in Newcastle (England). :)
Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any viable solution *MUST* involve a larger can.
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Sorry, but after being laid off for so many months...plus I had to cancel two credit cards because I could not understand the accent of the customer service people.
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On the CC call center front, every time I've talked to someone from discover the accent was American.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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I agree but I am not going to do business with an American company that obviously ships American jobs oversees.
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You know, it is not only foreigners that take american jobs, americans also take foreigner's jobs too. Or do you really think that no american lives outside US? Also many american companies that settles in poor foreign countries to explore low pay employees have americans in management and high pay positions. So I beleive this is kind of a trade, I don't have the numbers to check if it is a fair trade, but it is still a trade.
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Hey, i know the feeling. As i've mentioned here before, one of the odd jobs i worked to put myself through school was a call center, and as shitty as the job was, it still hurt when they started farming it out overseas. That said, i took the call center job because i needed money and it got me out of an even worse job. I had, at the time, an excellent voice for it, but no love whatsoever - how then could i blame anyone else, any_where_ else, for doing the same as i did? As far as i'm concerned, if someone in India, or the Philippines, or Alabama, or any other god-forsaken corner of the world decides they can better their life by taking a job being moved there from somewhere else... then more power to them. I will not disrespect someone who strives to do their job well, regardless of nationality. As for the many, many companies who couple inexpensive labor with lowered standards for the job that gets done... i have nothing but disdain for them, and laugh a bitter laugh when their actions lead them ultimately to ruin. Far from being stolen, the jobs of which you speak have been sold by these short-sighted organizations, sold for a mess of pottage, and the beans are long ago devoured. I woke up this morning to a meeting notice. My employer announced more layoffs, plant closings. No idea yet whether it'll affect me or anyone i know; it's a global company, and so tough times may just as easily hurt the plants in China or India as those in Wisconsin or Texas. Things are bad all over...
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
Totally agree with you. You said it all. And as I said in a previous message, I don't understand why there are so many complaints that foreigners take american jobs if many americans take foreigner's jobs on their own lands. Many people see only one side of the coin, to me it reflects lack of vision and a self-centered character.
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
Your accent is coming along just fine (according to a Canadian), but I think you need a little more confidence. For a call centre you will need to speak with a little more volume or your work on improving your accent will never be heard.
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
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Hey big brothers and sisters (preferably Americans), could you help me in evaluating my American accent (not that I'm assuming I have one)? I'm trying to train myself to sound one so I could be a call center agent. So here it is. By the way, the script is from the American Accent Training book by Ann Cook. Thank you. :)
Mawi
Keep in mind that many Americans are hard of hearing. Too much rock & roll (ha ha ha). Your accent sounded fine to me. But it was difficult to really focus on your accent because it sounded as if you made this recording while your baby was sleeping and you feared waking her. Many people speaking English as a 2nd language make this mistake. They are shy and embarrased they might say the wrong thing or have a "funny accent". So they talk very quietly. Often times when an American asks you "what?" - it's not because they couldn't understand you - it's simply that they did not hear you. My daughter is Chinese and this is her problem also. Her English is pretty good (BTW - I can tell you that your accent is MUCH better than hers). But she talks so quietly, I am constantly asking her to repeat herself. My advice - rather than become stressed out over achieving the perfect American accent (there is no such thing - even among Americans) - be confident and just speak naturally. From what I've heard, Americans will have no difficulty in understanding you.