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Do you do the same thing when you are having a conversation with a non-native speaker of english? The mute button would serve you pretty well in this case as t

• viraptor 17y ago
  > Do you do the same thing when you are having a conversation with a non-native speaker of english? It depends. When I'm having an actual conversation, it usually means that I'm already interested in the topic and I don't mind asking someone to clarify / repeat if I don't understand them. It doesn't matter if I don't like someone's accent at that point (and I will try really hard to actually guess / understand the sentence). However, if someone wants to sell me something over the phone, or is there to provide me a service I paid for - I sometimes do that (i.e. say that I can't understand what they're trying to sell and hangup, or ask to speak to someone with better accent to avoid a misunderstanding).