Press 1 for English

Ya, it should have an option for American. The English need to talk slower for me to understand. I'm hard of hearing, well thinking too. Some people from Texas and other parts of the south take a bit of concentration to understand. Now Canadians, I've no trouble talking with, Hey. Though, I haven't heard any of them call a water fountain a bubbler yet. :jack
 
Call centers are often outsourced to foreign countries due to economic factors. India is a prime example
where, as a former British colony, English became the language of commerce. I daresay that the public
schools there probably excel most in the USA with proper use of the King’s English adhered to. The
problem lies in the very thick accents of the native languages which render understanding impossible.
I just hang up and try again hoping for someone whose accent isn’t so muddled.
Texas is an entirely different story. 😉
 
lazyeye6 said:
Call centers are often outsourced to foreign countries due to economic factors. India is a prime example
where, as a former British colony, English became the language of commerce. I daresay that the public
schools there probably excel most in the USA with proper use of the King’s English adhered to. The
problem lies in the very thick accents of the native languages which render understanding impossible.
I just hang up and try again hoping for someone whose accent isn’t so muddled.
Texas is an entirely different story. 😉
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Heloo… my name iss Bob …
 
robs ss said:
Northern England too - I hear tell that's why Nigel moved down to Oxford, so that he could understand people - hey @Fast Eddie ?
Cheers
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Eeh tha’s a reyt laff !!

Nowt wrong wi’ abit o’ Northern tha nors…

This might ‘elp si ‘thee:

Press 1 for English
 
I used to fly into New York's Laguardia airport quite often. While sitting in the five towers area with all the other business jets and ground control still on the radio I heard a Hawker Jet whose crew must have been on their first visit having a little trouble following the rapid fire taxi instructions. Some time later I was on the clearance delivery frequency and the same crew was attempting to get their clearance. It obviously wasn't anything near the flight plan they filed. After several "say again" the controller and pilot were both getting frustrated. Likely due to weather somewhere there were lots of full route clearances to be delivered and this pilot was holding up the line. The pilot, with a very thick southern drawl finally said "Y'all hear how fast I talk? That's how fast I listen" . Realizing the situation the controller slowed down his delivery, phonetically spelling all the airways and intersections and finally got the clearance read and read back successfully.

The comments and laughter that followed from the rest of the flights were hilarious. The good old boys were a little over their heads in NY.
 
JimNH said:
"Y'all hear how fast I talk? That's how fast I listen" . Realizing the situation the controller slowed down his delivery, phonetically spelling all the airways and intersections and finally got the clearance read and read back successfully.
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Love it!

One of my favorite things to watch on YouTube was when Kennedy Steve was still working and he was on ground control. He was funny anyway but when the plane's crew and he could not communicate it sometimes got really funny.
 
marshg246 said:
Love it!

One of my favorite things to watch on YouTube was when Kennedy Steve was still working and he was on ground control. He was funny anyway but when the plane's crew and he could not communicate it sometimes got really funny.
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I've heard some of the Kennedy Steve audio clips and they're a hoot.
We rarely used JFK as it's out in the middle of nowhere for NYC. The exception being picking up or dropping off for connecting international flights. Many years ago I was flying a Falcon 10 and used to bring the CEO of the company I was flying for to JFK and park next to a BA Concorde. BA would escort the passenger from the business jet up the Jetway. That was long before 9/11 when things were different.
The Falcon 10 was a little hotrod and fun to fly. MMO was m.87 and it could easily do it in level flight.

LHR (London) found the fix for English as a second language problem, especially with third world crews, by having no taxiway signs and simply a system of green or red centerline lights. Taxiing planes told to follow the greens.

Interestingly my license says "English proficient". It's an ICAO requirement which seems ridiculous for US, UK, NZ, AU, and the like.
 
JimNH said:
Interestingly my license says "English proficient". It's an ICAO requirement which seems ridiculous for US, UK, NZ, AU, and the like.
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Perhaps that is the term they use for what should actually be labelled "English INTELLIGIBLE"
 

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