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[fuuangel]

PEOPLE, I AM FROM THE SOUTH. TO ME, YOU ALL HAVE ACCENTS. ON TOP OF THAT, YOU ALL FRICKING MUMBLE. IF YOU MUMBLE I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO REPEAT YOURSELF.

WHEN I HAVE ASKED YOU TO REPEAT YOURSELF THREE TIMES, DON'T TREAT ME LIKE I'M AN IDIOT. IT'S NOT MY FAULT. WHAT, IS ENUNCIATION ILLEGAL UP HERE

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[swwinchester]

Lindley, you're in DC - the center of government.
Ergo, the place where the laws are written.
Ergo, a place where people who understand law are excessively prevelant.
Ergo, a place where lawyers are.
The kind of lawyers who write laws and contracts with print that demands electron microscopes and communications with higher planes for full comprehension.

This is the kind of place that breeds a variety of english that we call "the half-enunciated mumbled spoken disclaimer". The problem is that they never get OUT of that method of speech.

It sucks, but it's one of the 'features' of that area, much like how parts of New York's distinctive speech features loud, clearly-enunciated curse words as part of your average greeting.

[fuuangel]

You know what's strange, though? It's only done by people who are making less than a certain amount a year - e.g. cashiers, clerks, retail employees. I've been there, I know how much it sucks, but it's easier to make people understand you the first time than it is to have to repeat yourself. Thank GOD I won't be working with people who mumble like that or I'd strangle them.