I can see that. We have a Bawhston dictionary I got some years back after a visit with my sister in law who lived in Peabody (pee-buh-dee). It was a big help in understanding people from the area. I had a great customer in Woburn who went to great lengths to educate me about the local vernacular and dialect.
I always got a kick out of “Wooster” for Worchester. It’s like the whole middle of the word just got skipped over. Dan > On Oct 25, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > We had a guy call into support and ask for a native English speaker, Ian was > born in south Boston and had lived here his whole life, never spoken a > language other than English. Guy couldn't understand a word Ian said.Ian: "So > lets click on the staaat button."Caller: "I'm sorry, the what?" > Ian: "The staaat button."Caller: "Can you spell that?"Ian: "S - T - A - AHHH > - T" > True story, I used to overhear Ian spelling start three or four times a week. > -Curt > > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Okie Benz <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:24 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] DNS Attacks > > I liked how I once called Sallie Mae (Federal Student loans) and got a call > center somewhere in the subcontinent (India/Pakistan). I couldn’t understand > a word the guy said (hello, my name is Steve!) because his accent was so > thick. I was also peeved because Sallie Mae was farming support for student > loans offshore. > > I asked for a native US speaker and they transferred my call to someone in > the States. > > Dan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
