serinde: (I see stupid people)
serinde ([personal profile] serinde) wrote2008-06-19 04:55 pm
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A Communiqué

...left in my voicemail today, transcribed verbatim:

"Hi Victoria it's me, XXXXX, from Payroll. Uh, it is the change of rate for Smith John is fine, so if he needs to multiply hours times 9.85 that is the rate as he is supposed to get, is fine. But if you want call me back, please 19999. All right? Bye bye."

(Generated by me asking about the fact that John Smith, who had had a pay increase back in March to $9.85/hr, had not seen said increase & back pay reflected in his paychecks.)

[identity profile] elibalin.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Babelfish'd from English->Dutch->French->Italian->English->Japanese->English->German
->French->Greek->English:


"Buongiorno Victoria it'? ; s I the seat am realised where. With regard to his Uh with the John'? finally? s-Verhältnis Smith c'? it is a modification, because s'? ; Thus, it is? With regard to this time d'? ; Should you it increases you? Maintaining him 9.85 qu'? ; C'? they are relations in t o respect? From then this more, l'? acquisition that is good his is, becomes acceptable. But in with l'? ; If you think that we wish? Wish [opisthen] and content 19999. l'? ; Order? L'? ; Way if."


Loses no coherence whatsoever.

[identity profile] tayefeth.livejournal.com 2008-06-20 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
And yet my students don't understand that proper grammar and pronunciation are important...

[identity profile] jayeye.livejournal.com 2008-06-20 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
to paraphrase Tom Lehrer, your university does not discriminate on the basis of intelligence.
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[identity profile] xlerb.livejournal.com 2008-06-20 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Please tell me that this person's first language is something non-Germanic.

[identity profile] sbp.livejournal.com 2008-06-20 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
It still doesn't answer the question, whatever first language you believe the payroll person to have been schooled in.