Originally Posted by bearbrick

very relevant when taken in context of the OPs post ..if i am not mistaken he is saying that they cannot comprehend the english spoken.
Irregardless of where the english is spoken india or singapore or australia (even) he would be hardpressed for them to understand him as it is not their "native" english as it were...

my point was that english ought to be dropped altogether ( even as a so called international language of "business") which means OP would then need to find some other way to communicate or dont fly SQ or other airlines that outsource their call centre functions

dont take it for granted that those non native speakers of english have to speak the Queens' english ...or in his case american english. or have to understand the american drawl .
It may be frustrating but there is a reason that it is outsourced ...

the english speaking world expects non english speaking countries to speak english ...and understand perfectly....to the extent of not making concessions .

heck , i sometimes struggle to understand the deep australian and american accents but with patience it usually works out ..i dont go posting in flyertalk and ranting !

sick of the underlying innuendo in the OP post

i urge OP to learn another language or travel to foreign lands more.