LL-L "Accents" 2005.02.22 (01) [E]

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From:  Grietje MENGER <grietje at menger.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Accents" 2005.02.21 (02) [E]

> From: "Grietje MENGER" <grietje at menger.fsnet.co.uk>
> > From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
> >
> > A friend was telling me recently that call centres in the UK like to
> > employ people with Irish accents because they're more effective than
> > British ones for calming down frustrated clients.
> >
> > Does this really happen? Does it really work? Which other accents of
> > English and other Lowlands Languages are considered to have a calming
> > effect?
> >
> Must be Republic Irish, and not Northern Irish, then. I always find
> Northern Irish speakers sound very strident. Sometimes it is inherent to
> the subject matter, but it also happens when talking about things
> completely unrelated to the divide.
>
> Grietje Menger
> Scotland

Oops, I see this could be taken the wrong way. Mind, my "opinion" for what
it's worth, is wholly based on people I hear being interviewed on the
radio......

Grietje Menger
Scotland

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