• MusketeerX@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    OK, so I’ve known a number of Scottish people and I’ve been there a couple of times and generally had no issue understanding them.

    However, when working in London years ago, I had to talk to someone based in Scotland on the phone and her accent was just insane.

    Honestly it was exactly like this post, she’d say something, I’d say sorry what and this repeated 3 times then…we both burst out laughing. The most insane Scottish accent ever!

  • esadatari@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    nice try stone cold steve austin, we’re all onto your “what” gimmick! WE’VE SEEN IT BEFORE

  • pythonoob@programming.devEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Lol no I’m walking away after the 3rd ‘what’ a person gives me in a row. That’s a huge pet peeve of mine.

    • gammasfor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I get anxiety about this though as I have a bit of an audio processing disorder where in any room with a lot of background noise I struggle to process what the person right in front of me is saying.

      I don’t really know the best approach beyond pretending to know what the other person is saying.

      • pythonoob@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        If there’s a lot of background noise then that’s understandable but for example, the other day I went to home Depot to get some tools for a yard project. I asked an employee where the tillers were and she just said ‘what’ like 3 times in a row. I just said nvm and looked on my own.

        I don’t know, I guess it just makes it seem to me like the person is not listening to me so why waste time?