Ffffffing Indian Call Centres

[mcquiggd]

You will soon have a PM


By the way, the place i've rented is on the Prinsengracht, in apparently not a bad area... (Its in the Jordaan towards Ann Franks Pad... I know its a long canal).

[mcquiggd]

Also, Ive been trying to speak words as I read them on web sites when I am researching info etc, and I find myself having this bizarre combination of 'scottish' and 'german' pronounciation...

For example, achterhuis is mentally 'achter hoose'...

Better get signed up for some courses tout suite...

[padinka]

...Better get signed up for some courses tout suite...

Dutch is fairly straightforward phonetically, you just have to learn how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet and it's easy after that. There's a few letter combinations that are a bit strange in the beginning but not too hard really.

I was told that the best way to learn the language (any language) is horizontally. Given that you are going to be in Amsterdam, lessons should be fairly easy to come by...

[Back In Business]

It's more like agter-hayes (phonetically speaking)

[mcquiggd]

Cheers chaps... sadly I have that predisposition to being embarrassed to speak outloud, even if I can understand, say, a written sentence... must overcome that...

[Rich]

fffffing calls

i got a call from the same number asking 4 sum1 i dont know, 08456306967, automated, apparently from the halifax, and i think they'v stole my credit. I put the phone down straight away. but could sum1 tell me if this is possible, coz i swear i had sum credit b4 the call.

[Kyajae]

i got a call from the same number asking 4 sum1 i dont know, 08456306967, automated, apparently from the halifax, and i think they'v stole my credit. I put the phone down straight away. but could sum1 tell me if this is possible, coz i swear i had sum credit b4 the call.

You need to post this on a Mobile Texters Forum

[gingerjedi]

I've spoken to two of them today. One called Justin and one called Mary. Yeah right!

There was a program on last week where Paul Merton travels around China, he checked into a hotel called 'Fawlty Towers' where the manager was called Basel and the waiter was called Manuel (both Chinese), it turns out that a helpful English businessman had told them to do it as a joke, the joke was completely lost on them and they had no idea why anyone would find it funny!

[Lucy]

I foolishly called Norwich Union the other day for an insurance quote, got five mins into the call and tired of repeating myself, not being understood, and the very poor quality line, I gave up.

I wonder if they even care about the business they lose by these 'cost savings'.

[SizeZero]

Also, Ive been trying to speak words as I read them on web sites when I am researching info etc, and I find myself having this bizarre combination of 'scottish' and 'german' pronounciation...

For example, achterhuis is mentally 'achter hoose'...

Better get signed up for some courses tout suite...

This place seems to be recommended by expats as having helpful staff, and one of my dutch friends reckons it's not bad price-wise either. Volksuniversiteit, Amsterdam.