On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Subash <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bob, we've had english in this country for over four centuries. it is > one of our offiicial languages along with 22-odd others. and if i were > to actually hear you speak, believe me, it would definitely sound > 'odd'. odd, as you can see, is a loaded term... I'm sure it would sound odd. And if Indian companies with Indian customers hired Americans to speak in a fake Indian accent as customer service reps, you would be justified in complaining about it. The fake American accent (usually some sort of Texas drawl) affected by certain call center employees is far more distracting than an Indian person speaking in their normal voice. It's the vocal equivalent of the "Uncanny Valley." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
