An ex-colleague of mine recently had one IT department of his in-sourced (if that's the word) back to the north-east office . He said it took him a good four years to understand the quirks and cadence of indian-english and was expecting about the same amount of time to adjust to geordie-english.
Apologies to any geordies out there
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Originally posted by rhubarb View PostReceived only a couple of weeks back
"Sorry for the incontinence".Last edited by Sysman; 16 October 2010, 22:50.
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Originally posted by Zippy View Post"Is working fine. Hence not a defect" is one I encountered often. It lead to many arguments (I think they thought they could outfox me - they were wrong).
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"Is working fine. Hence not a defect" is one I encountered often. It lead to many arguments (I think they thought they could outfox me - they were wrong).
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postyou sure?
I thought that meant this week
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Originally posted by Ravello View PostI'm not sure there is such a language as Indian? Aren't there about 30 odd languages/dialects to choose from?
edit: having said that though MP, I do agree with your sentiments.
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Namaste,
Please provide inputsIs working fine. Hence not a defect.Require to verify.Awaiting updation.
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostYou should hear my french. I have mastered it to "choosing from the menu" level,
....and to my embarrassment I am always replied to in English
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Was in a Change Advisory telecon once where we were informed by Bob that the server upgradation at the weekend was successful.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postyou sure?
I thought that meant this week
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Originally posted by bf2 View Post'Next to next week', meaning the week after the next.
I thought that meant this week
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Originally posted by Ravello View PostFrom time to time I work in a foreign language though and can imagine the mistakes I make being far worse than those that I see from Bob
....and to my embarrassment I am always replied to in English
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostIt's not just Indian english. I work with a Ukrainian off shore dev team.
If they have a query it usually is in the form
"So let us explore few scenarios, blah blah bla a) blah blah blah b) blah blah blah c)
Please confirm which variant"
I find it indearing
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