With apologies to the Hare Krishna Temple

[Mango]

Note to self: NEVER think, "Gee, the phones have been quiet today!"

SC: "Hello, I [unclear] [unclear] printing press [unclear] print some photos [unclear]. You do that?"

Oh, this is going to be fun.

Me: "I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand you...could you please repeat that?"
SC: "Hello, I [unclear] [unclear] printing press [unclear] print some photos [unclear]. You do that?"

Well, at least you're consistent.

Me: "Okay, so you want me to print some photos for you. Is that right?"
SC: "Yes! I [unclear] [unclear] printing press [unclear] print some photos!"
Me: "Okay. I'm sorry, but I think you have the wrong number. I'm not a printing company."
SC: "But I [unclear] print some photos. This is the number the phone company give me today morning. You 5873 Dubyew Cordova Street?"

With an accent like that, I'm really not surprised that 411 got it wrong. Yet you...argue with me when I tell you that you have the wrong number?

Me: "No, I'm not on West Cordova, I'm way out near Kingsway. I believe you have the wrong number."
SC: "But...but...but...but I'm from Ottawa!"

Wh...what in the world does that have to do with it? Being from our nation's capital makes you so special that you could not possibly have the wrong number?! And, dude! I've been to Ottawa. They sound pretty much like we do. I have no clue where you're from but your accent is not something I've ever heard before in my life. You can put any ideas of being Canadian RIGHT out of your head.

Me: "Okay...well...you still have the wrong number."
SC: "I [unclear] [unclear] printing press [unclear] print some photos?"
Me: "No, I can't print any photos for you. You've dialed the wrong number."
SC: "But...this IS the number the phone company give me. Today morning! [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] 5873 Dubyew Cordova Street!"

I decide to Google that address to see what I can find.

Me: "Ok, I've found a phone number associated with that address. But the name on that is a...Hare Krishna Temple!?"
SC: "Yes! Yes! They have [unclear] [unclear] printing press [unclear] print some photos at Hare Krishna Temple!"

You know where I go to print photos? I go to a photo lab. There's one on my way to work. I don't try and locate a Hare Krishna Temple clear on the other side of the country. But that's just me.

Me: "Okay, here's the phone number for the Hare Krishna Temple: (xxx) xxx-xxxx."
SC: "Thank you! Thank you! I thank you! [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] thanks [unclear]!"
Me: "Okay, bye now."
SC: "[completely unintelligible babble that resembled a question]?"
Me: "I'm sorry, I don't know. Call that number I gave you and they'll help you."
SC: "Oh...[unclear] [unclear]?"
Me: "You call that number I just gave you and they'll help you."
SC: "Okay! Now I go [unclear] print some photos!" [click]

You do that.

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If anyone from the Hare Krishna Temple is reading this, I apologize.

And what the heck do you guys have a photo lab in your back room for?

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*Address has been changed to protect Hare Krishna Temples.

[South Texan]

I decide to Google that address to see what I can find.

MAJOR kudos to you, sir!

Most of us probably would have hung up after telling him twice that he had the wrong number. Of course, that also shows you are wiser than I as it had the added benefit of stopping him from just calling your number again and again to ask about "print some photos".

[Magpie]

Absolutely nothing prevents him from being Canadian. Aside from speech impediments, he could have been born elsewhere. Remember, this board has shown that there are no regional limitations on SCs. And you did a very good job with that guy. I really wish I knew what he was saying though.

[Food Lady]

The way he pronounces W sounds like deep south U.S. to me. So I wonder if the temple's prices are cheaper than other places?

[ArcticChicken]

The way he pronounces W sounds like deep south U.S. to me.

Yeah, but his sentence structure just screams "English is not my first language", not that it prevents him from being Canadian. I wonder why it matters, though?

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I remember hearing several different accents in French over there. Haitian, North African, French Canadian, New England, East Coast Anglo, Inuit, France-French, West Coast Anglo, Midwest Anglo---that pretty much guarantees you're Quebecois.

[Magpie]

We've got a bunch of other large French-speaking areas. I admit that they're most likely to head for the furthest East, but there's large Sudanese populations in the prairies, so I wouldn't be surprised if St. Boniface had immigrants. Also, New Brunswick is further East, so may get some too :P.

[VComps]

Absolutely nothing prevents him from being Canadian. Aside from speech impediments, he could have been born elsewhere. Remember, this board has shown that there are no regional limitations on SCs. And you did a very good job with that guy. I really wish I knew what he was saying though.

I think the OP was opining that the language barrier would pose some difficulties on a citizenship test.