I have noticed that accents disappear when people sing, so maybe we need 
singing customer service reps.  Like singing telegrams.

 

Can someone put “have you tried turning it off and back on again” to music?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 9:55 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] accent translation

 

accent discrimination sounds like a slight in search for a cause. 

 

I think if I ever heard a person use the phrase in person and not in jest I 
would be justified in taking their skin.

 

Speaking of that, the other day we were discussing the proper handling of pedos 
and the natural conversation progression went to taking their skin, but there 
is a fair question that comes up on that, where does the mouth, nose, ears, and 
butthole end and the skin begin? Nobody wants to take more than theyre 
entitled, we want to be fair.

 

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM Cameron Crum <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

I used to spend my summers with my grandparents in AL when I was a kid. They 
retired there after my grandfather was tasked with setting up the Army Missile 
School at Restone. Anyway, they had about 3 acres worth of garden and orchards 
which my brother and I helped them with in the mornings. Around 11, my 
grandmother would disappear to make us all lunch and we would all sit in their 
gazebo and eat and then listen to Paul Harvey while shucking corn or stringing 
beans. Great memories of that show and those simpler times. 

 

On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM Chuck <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

This is Paul Harvey, stand by for NEWS!

 

Sent from my iPhone





On Sep 21, 2025, at 2:51 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:



I’m so old school I still listen to the local “news radio” station in my car.  
Today they had a story about this company and their “AI accent translation” 
product, and how it helps overseas customer support agents sound more American.

 

https://www.sanas.ai/accent-translation

 

All very good and interesting.  But then they said it helped overcome “accent 
discrimination”.  I had a problem with that characterization.  I understand, 
some people will object to the accent and insist on talking to another agent.  
But more often, I think we just can’t understand the agent.  Maybe that’s on 
us, but no amount of saying it’s discriminatory  is going to fix our ears and 
brains.

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