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understanding the indian accent

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Meh, I've worked with indians in IT for a pretty long time, I don't have trouble with most of their accents. I do have trouble with some indian women who speak too softly on conference calls, but that's not an accent problem so much as a volume problem.
 
clamum said:
I wouldn't say it's 100% clear to me, but very close, maybe 90%?
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Well, I guess that's true of a person of any region trying to understand a person from another region with a different accent.

Some accents are harder than others though. It's easier to understand an American than say a Scottish person.
 
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I work at a company staffed ~60% by Indians (founder was Indian). I don't have much problem with the accent anymore. Except for one guy who sounds like he's always whining when he talks. I have to walk away if he's talking in my vicinity because it drives me crazy listening to him talk.
 
I don't have a problem with the accent but there sure seem to be a lot of Indians named John, Steve, Jeff etc working for HP support. 😉
 
I wonder how much of this was taken into account during casting of Slumdog Millionaire because I understood just about everything throughout the movie yet I have trouble understanding my Indian colleagues at work who has been in America for quite a while. :hmm:
 
WTF is wrong this with incessant racist posts of OP?

Do you need validation? Do you have a shitty life and blame it on the minorities? How many languages do you speak?

What a c__t.
 
I find it helps to put in earbuds and listen with both ears when on the phone. I also close my eyes. It's the only way I can deal with any thick accent.
 
Zeze said:
WTF is wrong this with incessant racist posts of OP?

Do you need validation? Do you have a shitty life and blame it on the minorities? How many languages do you speak?

What a c__t.
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404, Racism not found. He stated his hardship with understanding Indian accents.
He didn't express his beliefs as to whether the Indian race or his own are better or worse than any other.
 
BlahBlahYouToo said:
  • their Ws sound like Vs - 'which' is pronounced 'vitch'. 'well' is pronounced 'vell'.
  • accenting the wrong part of a word - 'component' is pronounced 'COM-ponent'.
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I've always found the opposite: their Vs sound like Ws.

Video turns into wideo.. Never heard my Indian friend make a 'v' sound when speaking English.
 
It's the worst when your college calculus teacher has a very thick accent and doesn't turn around from writing on the board.
 
Joseph F said:
404, Racism not found. He stated his hardship with understanding Indian accents.
He didn't express his beliefs as to whether the Indian race or his own are better or worse than any other.
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thank you.
he's just mad that i made fun of his burberry scarf that he likes to rock when it's 70 degrees out.
 
BlahBlahYouToo said:
we've all experienced it. the dreaded tech support call to india. ranjeet the phone CSR. the guy in the corner cube here on a H-1B visa.
they're just really hard to understand.

well, here's a thread that will hopefully make understanding their accent a little easier.

  • their Ws sound like Vs - 'which' is pronounced 'vitch'. 'well' is pronounced 'vell'.
  • accenting the wrong part of a word - 'component' is pronounced 'COM-ponent'.


feel free to add additional tips.
thanks and please do the needful.
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COM PO NENT?
 
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