Phone Call from Jock Scot!

**The Vicar** · 2nd February 09, 05:08 PM

Ted how wonderful to hear that you connected on the phone with Jock.

I have some mates in the UK and I remember calling one chap on a Saturday morning before a football match and his sister answered the phone. She couldn't understand my "Canadian" accent and called out. "Davey there's a foreigner on the phone for ya".

Still makes me giggle today.

Robert "V"

**Bugbear** · 2nd February 09, 05:14 PM

Like I said, it will be interesting to see if Jock Scot has any comments on my accent.

I'm sure I very slightly slipped into my Northeastern New Mexico/Western Texas accent when we were talking cattle, but that happens.

Good thing we didn't talk chili peppers.

Anyway, I was quite thrilled, and it was very kind of him to call and chat.

**Jock Scot** · 3rd February 09, 03:26 AM

Delighted to have had a chat with you Ted. As to your accent? I suppose I don't know or recognise many US State(area) accents, New York, and "the Confederate States" type would be about my limit, so yours is to me, an accent less American one, if that makes any sense. Most certainly easier to understand than certain accents in the UK!

Sorry Alan, its true my accent is as English as English. A mixture of English public school, British army and English agriculture!

**Howard Clark** · 3rd February 09, 07:40 AM

Yes, I needed a Swiss fellow to interpret for me at a blacksmith event in Plymouth (UK) a few years ago. I had a great deal of difficulty with a couple of the UK accents. I learned later in private that one of the men I had trouble understanding is hardly understood by his countrymen much of the time, so I didn't feel too bad about it.

I am glad you had this experience, Ted, and good on you Jock for making it happen !

I think that is the greatest thing about the internet. Finding out that we are really more alike than different, in most ways, regardless of where on the planet we call "home".

**Ancienne Alliance** · 3rd February 09, 09:03 AM

Great !

I told you this would be simple !

What a fantastic invention. Thank you A.G. Bell !

Best,

Robert

**Bugbear** · 3rd February 09, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance

Great !

I told you this would be simple !

What a fantastic invention. Thank you A.G. Bell !

Best,

Robert

Yes, and thank you, Robert, for suggesting this in the first place.

Jock is right about my accent. I have a generic American (glottal) accent. It can be different depending on who I am conversing with and that person's accent and culture.

It's all good.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 3rd February 09, 01:30 PM

Another thought (if you haven't already):

Skype

**Bugbear** · 3rd February 09, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Tattoo Bradley

Another thought (if you haven't already):

Skype

Yes, someday I would like to get hooked up with that. Sadly, I will need to upgrade my computer to use that kind of service. It may require two sound cards because of my screen reader/speach synthisiser.

Which, by the way, I did let Jock Scot listen to during our chat. He says it sounds like chip monk talk. That's just the voice that works best for me and I am use to, but I could set it to different voices and pitches.

**Fox** · 7th February 09, 09:04 AM

Most sound cards these days are multi-channel and can handle our speech, music, and even Skype at the same time. Since I like you, use speech output, I'd be happy to assist you with Skyping. Then I can quiz you on blind gardening and sewing.

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Yes, someday I would like to get hooked up with that. Sadly, I will need to upgrade my computer to use that kind of service. It may require two sound cards because of my screen reader/speach synthisiser.

Which, by the way, I did let Jock Scot listen to during our chat. He says it sounds like chip monk talk. That's just the voice that works best for me and I am use to, but I could set it to different voices and pitches.

**Bugbear** · 7th February 09, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Fox

Most sound cards these days are multi-channel and can handle our speech, music, and even Skype at the same time. Since I like you, use speech output, I'd be happy to assist you with Skyping. Then I can quiz you on blind gardening and sewing.

Ya, Fox, I wish it was multi-channel, but on this lap top, it seems to be all routed through one volume control. What I really would like is a sound card just for the speach, then I could Skype or patch the music over to a stereo withouth the speach blasting over it. LOL

As far as blind gardening and sewing... I grow cacti and that helps with the sewing. LOL