Slow down one of the reasons we cannot understand them is that they
cannot speak English well enough to handle support calls.
I myself am an immigrant and I am married to an immigrant (Although
mine grew up speaking English, Canadian!)
I also minister to a church that has many immigrants from Europe.
If I am hired to do a job that will require me to speak to 90% or
more of people who speak English than I will need to be able to speak
English understandably enough for the customers to understand me, or
else I need to find another job. I am being hired to speak English!!!!!!
My father almost earned his PHD in engineering. One of the reasons
he did not finish it, was because many of the universities that had
Engineering PHD programs had hired foreign engineer teachers to teach
at this level who could hardly speak English. They had to have
translators available.
These guys have to teach an overwhelmingly large percentage of
English speaking students so do you not think speaking the language
their students speak would be advisable?
Before you make another comment, my mother is a native German, and my
father could speak German and taught over in Germany for a number of
years. Yes he could speak the language well.
Yes I have had German, two years high school, and one year
college. I also had to take Hebrew and Greek for seminary. So I am
not a one language person.
Oh the capiche remark was his attempt at being cute. (your comment
was uncalled for, not all Italians have ever belonged to La Costra
Nostra) I will not try to assume what your native tongue is, but do
not start an ethnic war over a comment that was a reflection of poor
hiring practices and the shipment overseas of all sorts of computer
support jobs.
Stewart
At 10:18 PM 7/29/2007, you wrote:
On 7/29/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think I'm the one who needs to get used to something.
Right! They all should get used to you. The typical attitude
of _some_ Americans! *sigh*
You can't understand them because they speak with a
different _accent_. So what chance of Americans have in
understanding others if they speak a different language
altogether?
And, what's with the "Capiche?" Is that mafia-speak?
You lecturing me? Whatever ...
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