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Re:Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination by yorwba on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:44AM (#26474298)
Those recruiters most likely have "mastered the language" and are expressing themselves clearly, just in a different accent.

If someone interacts with Indian English speakers often enough that they develop a habit of avoiding Indians just in case they might call and speak with an accent they can't understand, it's probably time to do something about that, like getting more exposure in an environment where it's easier to understand (e.g. with subtitles)

In the case of recruiting, where there's no obligation to pay any attention to recruiters at all, it might not be much of an issue, but it's only a matter of time until you get an Indian colleague and avoiding them is no longer an option.

Re:Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination by harperlee on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:03AM (#26474432)
There is a big gap between being functional in a language and perfecting it.

Each sound cue not mastered hinders information redundancy and thus increases risk of not being understood. It probably seems like percolation: small crevices that suddenly reach a critical point where comprehension is lost at the receiver side.

Also way before that point, the receiver needs more subconscious effort and thus fatigues itself parsing the message.