It's not the accent. It is the fact that they speak a different language.
I talked to someone who I suspect came from Essex recently and kept having to ask her to repeat things ...
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You sound just like Chegwin (was it?) on Chris Morris's peadophile program in which he said that peadophiles shared more DNA with crabs than with other humans and that there was no evidence for it, but it was a scientific fact.
Well when one suffers from that sort of trouble, old boy, its best to sound like bally Sir Henry Rawlinson, or young Bertram, don't you know?
Having written that, there seems quite a comparison with ending sentences 'don't you know' and ending them with the modern vernacular of 'init'
I like the English they speak because it makes my accent sound more English. I assume they speak English. Do they?
I've heard that Americans prefer Irish accent.
The most prosperous nations in Europe seem to be those which are most 'mean' with their money. I just challenge the American idea of maximizing private consumption and living on debt.
By the way, the only Briton who has bought me a drink abroad was a Scot. I'm sure he amused me with good jokes even if I understood only half of them.
"Brilliant answer by the way" LOL....I am not sure what kind of accent the yanks like?
Thats an interesting point?
Are you an American by the way?
Well I did'nt think sales people where held in such quite low esteem! I must confess. Perhaps its my sensibilities at work.
Hear Hear! Thats right, its easy sitting from the comfort of their chairs and big desks, harping on about how the salesmen is no good, and such a con man, but see how their fat perks would dry up without the customers in the first place! Very good point.
My stint at telesales certainly didn't make me any more sympathetic towards the cause.
I did learn how to best annoy them and get them off their script, so I can now get them to hang up on me usually within 20 seconds.
Ohh Johnathon, did you really get into telesales yourself?
So, I am waiting with baited breath, how do you get them to give up within
20 seconds? At least your polite enough.I discovered whilst trying to flog insurance, for your electrical goods...(norwich union ) by the way before I get loads of emails telling me I should'nt be dabbling in financial products! Anyway, I was given the list of people to call, eg. consumer lists...from experian etc.etc or whoever..as I did'nt buy them I don't know..anyway, I started phonning up and I noticed alot of them where saying.."ohh we got a call from your people last week"...and of course I promptly appologised most profusely and back away, with egg on my face, or at least feeling a real twit...
So I call up the business I was working with, and told them their data was duff! Upon hearing this they replied it was a common ruse to get peopel like me off the phone as fast as possible..by "lying"..
Don't tell me you "lie" to get people off the phone do you jonathan? I would expect a better liine than that comming from someone of your caliber and your standing!
I await to hear.
Ahh, regarding parting with their money, that is purely financial, however, there are other ways that people can be generous, generous with their time, generous with their information, kind, warm, and good fun.
If you quoted me in its entirity, did I not say something ot the effect of "is it true" or " is it a widely held opinion" that ...blah blah.
From my own experience, and from my own feelings, I hold the first view...
Like Sally the cat?
Ronald!! How nice to see you! Your lack of posting has been missed! Its not the same without your churlish quips and snazzy retorts. We miss you when your not around Ronald!
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I was incommunicado on one of my yachts. Anyway, I thought you'd be in Coventry.
We? Royal?
Aren't you interested in Sally the cat?
I was pretending I knew what you where talking about! Who pray tell is "Sally the Cat!"?
One of your yachts? Where you fishing? Do you have one yacht for fishing and the other for "cruising"? I see you more of a man who enjoys cruising more than fishing.
Not quite Royal, but not far off!
I assume you don't actually need two yachts, but you probably one the extra one in one of your illegal gambling dens?
You're good at that. Sometimes you're pretty good at pretending you know what *you* are talking about too.
I'm glad you asked me that.
No, and certainly not for compliments.
That's right. Fishing is for salesmen, cruising is for real people.
Just as I thought, a RRPITA. :-)
Sally is the subject of a poem I rather like, which takes the mickey out of people who can't spell "bated".
Sally, having swallowed cheese, blows down holes a scented breeze, enticing thus, with baited breath, nice mice to their untimely death.
A bit like fishing, really. Right up your street.
Why did you make three separate messages? You should have replied to each point one at a time all in the one message. It's much easier that way for all concerned. Oh, I know, you're concerned about your batting average.
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