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Originally Posted by Russ B
Their wording is just so wrong. One of the indians I spoke to kept calling me 'Mr Russ' which annoyed me no end. When I corrected him he replied ''I apologise for the inconvenience''. I know he was just being polite but did he really think his addressing me wrongly was somehow 'inconveniencing' me? They learn how to speak our language but not *how to speak like us*. Until that is corrected I'll always do whatever possible to avoid speaking to their Indian callcentre.
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You're a hard man Mr Russ; I think that's rather quaint
The Queen's English is rarely heard in the UK never mind anywhere else! Are we to take the same attitude to regional accents here?