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On Discovery Times channel right now - "The Other Side of Outsourcing"
I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" on the topic "The Other Side of Outsourcing." The reporter is visiting Bangalore to see the effects of the outsourcing phenomenon on the people and culture there. It's very fascinating. For example I just saw a segment on how the employees are being taught American accents in order to work call centers.
Let's not get a flamewar about the pros or cons of outsourcing please!
But I would like to ask what you all think the future effects Indian English will have on the world? I work at Oracle with a workforce that is probably 60-70% Indian, and I find myself sometimes adopting some Indian patterns of speech.
For example, I sometimes speak with an Indian sing-song or say things like "Is it" or "Isn't it" to the ends of sentences, where "to be" is not the verb and/or the subject of the sentence is a person, not an "it." All this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.
If you have digital cable or satellite you should get this channel. If you missed it, it will be aired again in 3 hours (@ 6am PST).
William R Ward (Email Removed) http://bill.wards.net Help save the San Jose Earthquakes - http://www.soccersiliconvalley.com/
Let's not get a flamewar about the pros or cons of outsourcing please!
But I would like to ask what you all think the future effects Indian English will have on the world? I work at Oracle with a workforce that is probably 60-70% Indian, and I find myself sometimes adopting some Indian patterns of speech.
For example, I sometimes speak with an Indian sing-song or say things like "Is it" or "Isn't it" to the ends of sentences, where "to be" is not the verb and/or the subject of the sentence is a person, not an "it." All this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.
If you have digital cable or satellite you should get this channel. If you missed it, it will be aired again in 3 hours (@ 6am PST).
William R Ward (Email Removed) http://bill.wards.net Help save the San Jose Earthquakes - http://www.soccersiliconvalley.com/
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William R Ward filted: [nq:1]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" on the topic "The Other Side of ... r
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William R Ward filted:
[nq:1]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" on the topic "The Other Side of ... of the sentence is a person, not an "it." All this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
I work in an office that, for the last two or three years, has seen an influx of contract employees from the Indian subcontinent...more
[nq:1]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" on the topic "The Other Side of ... of the sentence is a person, not an "it." All this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
I work in an office that, for the last two or three years, has seen an influx of contract employees from the Indian subcontinent...more
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[nq:1]. . . I work at Oracle with a workforce that is probably 60-70% Indian, and I find myself ... of the sentence is a person, not an "it." All this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
The examples cited as no less Welsh than Indian, and probably survive in other branches of English.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
The examples cited as no less Welsh than Indian, and probably survive in other branches of English.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]William R Ward filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas ... this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
[nq:1]I work in an office that, for the last two or three years, has seen aninflux of contract employees from ... the present progressive ("This is something Iwould like to be doing"), and calling one another "sir" a lot more
[nq:2]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas ... this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
[nq:1]I work in an office that, for the last two or three years, has seen aninflux of contract employees from ... the present progressive ("This is something Iwould like to be doing"), and calling one another "sir" a lot more
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[nq:1]If you have digital cable or satellite you should get this channel. If you missed it, it will be aired again in 3 hours (@ 6am PST).[/nq]
It's on again right now, and will be repeated in 3 hours (@ 2pm PST). The part relevant to language is at the beginning of the show.
William R Ward (Email Removed) http://bill.ward
It's on again right now, and will be repeated in 3 hours (@ 2pm PST). The part relevant to language is at the beginning of the show.
William R Ward (Email Removed) http://bill.ward
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[nq:2]. . . I work at Oracle with a ... this despite the fact that I'm California born & raised.[/nq]
[nq:1]The examples cited as no less Welsh than Indian, and probably survive in other branches of English.[/nq]
Yes - but the Welschman is distinctive by the way he wears his leek in his turban.
Jiyze
[nq:1]The examples cited as no less Welsh than Indian, and probably survive in other branches of English.[/nq]
Yes - but the Welschman is distinctive by the way he wears his leek in his turban.
Jiyze
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Jess Askin filted:
But we do...sometimes as much as four or five hours before we eat..r
But we do...sometimes as much as four or five hours before we eat..r
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[nq:1]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" on the topic "The Other Side of ... accents in order to work call centers. Let's not get a flamewar about the pros or cons of outsourcing please![/nq]
While not wanting to get involved in the pros and cons, I think you are using "Outsourcving" in a strange way.
While many firms are outsourcing customer
While not wanting to get involved in the pros and cons, I think you are using "Outsourcving" in a strange way.
While many firms are outsourcing customer
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[nq:2]I'm watching a show on the Discovery Times channel, "Thomas ... a flamewar about the pros or cons of outsourcing please![/nq]
[nq:1]While not wanting to get involved in the pros and cons, I think you are using "Outsourcving" in a strange ... to "call centres", your query implies that these call centres are necessarily on other continents, and that "outsourcing" means that.[/nq]
[nq:1]While not wanting to get involved in the pros and cons, I think you are using "Outsourcving" in a strange ... to "call centres", your query implies that these call centres are necessarily on other continents, and that "outsourcing" means that.[/nq]
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[nq:1]While not wanting to get involved in the pros and cons, I think you are using "Outsourcving" in a strange way.[/nq]
It's not me using it, it's the makers of the TV show.
[nq:1]While many firms are outsourcing customer support to "call centres", your query implies that these call centres are necessarily on other continents, and that "outsourcing" means that.[/nq]
It is comi
It's not me using it, it's the makers of the TV show.
[nq:1]While many firms are outsourcing customer support to "call centres", your query implies that these call centres are necessarily on other continents, and that "outsourcing" means that.[/nq]
It is comi
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[nq:2]While many firms are outsourcing customer support to "call centres", ... are necessarily on other continents, and that "outsourcing" means that.[/nq]
[nq:1]It is coming to mean that in America.[/nq]
Is the UK term, "exporting jobs", known in the USA?
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
[nq:1]It is coming to mean that in America.[/nq]
Is the UK term, "exporting jobs", known in the USA?
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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