Re: [Nolug] for all you brainy types...

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> Would it occur to you to write something like, "Boy, I sure am glad that my
> support dollars go to white people who can speak proper English instead of
> blacks who only know Ebonics."?

He didn't say that, he said "...that my support contract dollars have
been going to competent English speaking techs without an Indian
accent."

If you wanted to draw an equivalency you should have compared it to
"glad that my support dollars have been going to competent English
speaking techs who do not speak Ebonics."

Implying something racial from that statement is a fabrication.
Speaking with an "indian accent" is not a racial characteristic, it is
a learned trait,
just as speaking a certain language properly is.

I too prefer to see my support dollars go to useful support -- that
implies that if I need to call the support number;
I will get an articulate person that I can easily communicate with
using my native language and dialect,
which will reduce the chance of a misunderstanding resulting in errors
-- or the situation being made even
worse, when a miscommunication results in a wrong answer given.

--
-JH
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