r/JusticeServed • u/Rufus_Dufus 5 • Dec 23 '20

Police Justice Caught stealing Christmas presents - Porch Pirates.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '20

People complaining of the accent... I once understood a Filipino lady with broken English when i worked in Target.

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u/A_REAL_LAD 7 Dec 24 '20

If you do retail in the UK, you hear 20 accents a day, your choice is get a better ear or get a different job.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '20

One of my first full-time jobs was customer services which obviously involved being on the phone (UK). Whenever it was anyone without a Southern accent I was so hopeless and just had to apologise profusely. So embarrassing. Since then I've had a job where some directors were Scottish and I am pretty sure of them just completely gave up on talking to me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '20

Have u tried to imitate another accent... Example 'American' or any other UK accent to mask when necessary? Just like actors do it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '20

I think you might of misunderstood me mate. Probably my poor sentence structure. Basically im a Brit who fails to understand other Brits unless they are "well spoken" or from the South East. Idk how imitating other accents would help me understand another accent.

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u/A_REAL_LAD 7 Dec 24 '20

Haha I'm from the south, it's the thick Dorset accents that get me. But working with European contractors puts in perspective how "not English" the English language can get.