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[the-paco.livejournal.com]

Oooh, pretty sounding British girl callers.
Oooooh, pretty sounding German girl callers.
OooOOh, pretty sounding Australian girl callers!

Sometimes I love this job.

What's your favorite customer accent?

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[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

That of my boss when she's giving me a payrise :)

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

female irish accents...
love them

[dpaul007.livejournal.com]

Anything I can understand the first time.

[igz00.livejournal.com]

competent ones...

oh and I like English accents

[servermonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on both counts.

[jacobine.livejournal.com]

I'm not really an accent person, I guess.

And the few guys from England I talk to regularly, well, I had to learn to understand them. Our network admin over there has been known to call after drinking, and invariably sounds like he's talking quickly around a mouthful of marbles.

[powerof3.livejournal.com]

Irish, Scottish, British, Australian, in no particular order.

I'm a sucker for a sexy accent. Although, understanding them? Helps. A lot.

[katyism.livejournal.com]

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[astalavista.livejournal.com]

As someone who does worldwide support for a German company, my favorite accent is the one I can actually understand. So, Americans and Brits win hands-down. Calls from Thailand, South Korea and India however make me weep. A lot.

[zig-mover.livejournal.com]

the ones that sounds like dialtones.

wait..

[random-c.livejournal.com]

Scottish lads. Reminds me of an england-scotland footie match. Very good time to be a girl on the underground, that weekend. Especially if you have a long handled umbrella. Not that I'd make use of such a thing on escalators to find out how many of the fit young lads were *real* scotsmen, of course...
Friend of mine has a different memory of that weekend. He's sat on the bus, suited up on his way to a job interview with a large scot (complete with red wig, blue face and stupid hat) sat next to him.
"Hey mate," says the large scot, "your team's gonna lose."
My friend looked round. "Aye, son." he said. "They are." He left the hatted one trying to cope with the idea of a glaswegian in a suit.

[random-c.livejournal.com]

Actually, thinking about it, my favourite accent is my own. Because of my voiceover background, when someone with a comedy regional accent calls and gets defensive about my BBC english, I can cherily slip into their accent, and if I have a friend from their area, local slang. Not only does it slightly break their brains, but it also helps keep them sweet.
*worst* accent ever has to be Bad Cold. I've dealt with it twice. Both times I've asked for a supervisor and advised them to sent their agent home, before the poor girl infects the entire call centre.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Fluent English in a mellifluous female indian accent.

[swwinchester.livejournal.com]

Mmm. I'd say give me a sweet British accent, followed by the Irish accent, and in EITHER case, make it an intelligent accent.

... Otherwise, there were two accents I dreaded. North Jersey Girl and California Girl. Like, omigawd, like, don't move, I'm just, like, going to go in the back, and like, get like, a bat to like, cave your empty skull in!

[110billion.livejournal.com]

Anyone that has fluent English & knows what they're doing, I'm happy.
I do like Dutch accents. I'm half Dutch

[linkslut.livejournal.com]

Considering I'm based in Australia, and 70% of my incoming calls are from people who live here but can barely speak the language (yes, this includes people who grew up here).

I love hearing a well defined Australian accent on the phone.

As for accents that really make me drool, A cute sounding Irish girl, or even Japanese.

[linkslut.livejournal.com]

Kan jij dan Nederlands verstaan?

[fuego.livejournal.com]

Accents in general if I can understand what they're saying. Anything European.

I once had a guy on the line, he was Irish. Dumb as a box of hair, but he sounded so yummy. It was one of the few calls that I've ever gotten where the person was a total moron and I didn't care. His other saving grace was that for all his stupidity, he was able to follow directions.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

An on the other hand, I can't stand Jersey or Brooklyn accents. or southern acents...if they can't speak english decently. Now a southern accet wth proper grammar...yeah, i'll take tat any day. Especially a mild Dallas accent. Having live there for a few years, that's onother of my favorites

[highaltitude.livejournal.com]

Indian. I don't know why, but I loooooove the sound of an Indian accent.

[normie.livejournal.com]

Italian or Asian.

[said-by-me.livejournal.com]

Anything I can understand on the first try. I love the way the Irish accent sounds and spent an hour on the phone today with a guy from there but sometimes it can be a lil hard to understand.

On the otherside though we have a few major offices in India and Malayasia and I want to cry most of the time through those calls.

[110billion.livejournal.com]

I can't speak a word of Dutch, I just love the accent. Pity I can't though.

[110billion.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Japanese girls :>

[lordstorm.livejournal.com]

As I'm also Australian, it's usually the British accent that gets a slightly more patient level of service from this CSR. Although a good French accent (Parisien, Swiss or Belgian - and I speak French too, so yes I can tell the difference) gets me going.

But oh, Swiss and South African accents do it for me. I have no idea why, but.....*dreamy sigh*

I can't stand broad Aussie accents though, for some reason they shit me up the wall. And heavy or thick Yankee accents (no offense).

Then again, I'm notorious on the helpdesk for my accents: depending on how creative I'm feeling on the phone, I can successfully emulate an Indian, Pakistani, Scottish, Irish, British (Northern, Southern or Royal), Yankee (Northern or Southern), Canadian (a la South Park!), French, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Eldery, pidgin-English....and bad English. And usually all of the above in either a light accent or a heavy accent. Reminds me of a call when I was drilling customer service reps and faked a confused Russian gentleman about the price of DSL who knew nothing about technology....the look on the supervising agent watching me befuddle the tears out of the newbie was priceless. *evil grin*

[taleya.livejournal.com]

I will fix your DSL, ya, ya!

[taleya.livejournal.com]

English. Love that shit.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a call when I was drilling customer service reps and faked a confused Russian gentleman about the price of DSL who knew nothing about technology....the look on the supervising agent watching me befuddle the tears out of the newbie was priceless. *evil grin*

I VANT INTERNET! YOU SELL ME INTERNET!

*pisses self*

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

I had a nice british woman who called in one time, and managed to make threatening to throw her computer into the lake outside her house kind and amusing, but...and don't kill me for this...

I actually like Indian accents. Clear/English-speaking indian accents, mind you, but that's probably due to the punjabi culture actually being one of my favorite types of people. I've had some brilliant punjab friends, surprisingly enough, in southwest alabama. The kind where watching Bend it like Beckham makes you really identify with the characters.

But I'd have to say, probably an Indian that grew up in England. Think Parminder Negra(of Bend it Like Beckham, or more well-known as Dr Neelah on ER). You know if you get an Indian with a British acccent, you're speaking to an intelligent, well-spoken individual.

[annamaryse.livejournal.com]

No doubt. We call them the A&E - arrogant and entitled....

[annamaryse.livejournal.com]

I do like polite graceful southern US accents almost as much as British (men) who are my favorite too...

I am female and I love the banter that some brits can get into... the way they go "help me" and act a little contrite and a little helpless as they admit to knowing they can't manage their PC, I love it...

[swwinchester.livejournal.com]

No, the A&E have NOTHING on the North Jersey Girl and California Girl, because with those accents and speech patterns, you are 95% likely to get the following :

NJG : Has a technological density on par with the chemical density of Uranium. Method of speech makes for a next to impossible to understand person talking about things they do not understand. Almost guaranteed to lose their temper after no more than 5 minutes. Generally, but not always, difficult on the eyes. -_-;;

California Girl : Has a technological density that is comparable only to a black hole. Method of speech is understandable, but annoying to a degree that risks manslaughter / murder charges on the part of the technician. Frequently views technicians as lower life forms. Fortunately, they don't lose their temper easily, and are generally, but not always, fairly easy on the eyes.

A&E can happen with ANY accent / speech pattern. This is why we have a working theory regarding a constant : 10% of the world's population are born with excessive sphincter disorder.