tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post6766927806802500855..comments2024-01-31T10:56:24.961-06:00Comments on Brit Gal in the USA: Oh for Pete's sake!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-40295664432357385262009-09-11T10:30:35.074-05:002009-09-11T10:30:35.074-05:00I was also thinking along the lines of Gaelyn--is ...I was also thinking along the lines of Gaelyn--is there such a thing as a UK cellphone that works here?<br /><br />Echoing Yogi- We have a Garmin GPS and we have it set with a British female accent. Her name is Emily. We refer to the GPS as Emily and she and her. She's always very pleasant and easy to understand.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587300140099806425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-7307052564870859172009-09-11T10:26:26.845-05:002009-09-11T10:26:26.845-05:00Wow, yet another thing I take for granted. You...Wow, yet another thing I take for granted. You're a trooper!Sassy Britcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346700962941797782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-15143218119237637462009-09-10T22:22:26.558-05:002009-09-10T22:22:26.558-05:00Maybe you need to buy a UK phone.Maybe you need to buy a UK phone.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-46243169248059529902009-09-10T20:33:35.895-05:002009-09-10T20:33:35.895-05:00Oh my that is a problem.Oh my that is a problem.Jill of All Tradeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075357751662738806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-36965040738247560882009-09-10T19:44:49.953-05:002009-09-10T19:44:49.953-05:00I only experience the problem with the "I&quo...I only experience the problem with the "I" that comes across as "A". But the rest works for me. Where in the UK are from, Sarah? Perhaps you need a common accent like mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-4757966200688593842009-09-10T17:12:00.676-05:002009-09-10T17:12:00.676-05:00Yogi, thanks for the LOL today!!Yogi, thanks for the LOL today!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-25288403078646368642009-09-10T14:37:55.499-05:002009-09-10T14:37:55.499-05:00Yes, you definitely have to drop the posh "a&...Yes, you definitely have to drop the posh "a" sound. My kids absolutely wet themselves watching me with these things - until I slam the phone down and chase them up the stairs that is!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-4402467274344401422009-09-10T13:29:49.835-05:002009-09-10T13:29:49.835-05:00Yeah, I don't think it's a problem of any ...Yeah, I don't think it's a problem of any accent; voice commands just suck. When I try to call me friend Evie, it says "Call Jimmy?" I don't even know anyone named Jimmy. When I say her full name, it pronounces everything wrong, and makes her sound like she's Slavic (W = V, apparently). Sometimes, I think voice commands are a real person just sitting around screwing with people all day.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-62648964759232123222009-09-10T10:11:35.146-05:002009-09-10T10:11:35.146-05:00SuperPizzaBoy and I changed the voice on our GPS f...SuperPizzaBoy and I changed the voice on our GPS from American male to British Female. We call her Sarah since you are the only Brit Woman that I know. It sends SPB into hysterics when I don't do a turn correctly and Sarah tells us "Turn Left, Turn Left" and then in an irritated voice "Recalculating!"Yogi♪♪♪https://www.blogger.com/profile/00411274031147372579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-22798854194618936182009-09-10T08:54:43.068-05:002009-09-10T08:54:43.068-05:00OMG Sarah, what a crazy voice recognition program!...OMG Sarah, what a crazy voice recognition program! I never really thought an English accent would cause so much trouble with that program! You will just have to pick up a Southern accent and then it will place the calls you want to!! Good luckSherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955995520615536271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-25647818492554734632009-09-10T08:47:04.471-05:002009-09-10T08:47:04.471-05:00Oh my! And, I thought I had a problem with my Ken...Oh my! And, I thought I had a problem with my Kentucky twang!Linda Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077587697557992493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-46893202821408509862009-09-10T08:23:42.511-05:002009-09-10T08:23:42.511-05:00What a pain in the royal tush!What a pain in the royal tush!Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-31499088587938095512009-09-10T07:26:49.097-05:002009-09-10T07:26:49.097-05:00Voice recognition systems don't do any better ...Voice recognition systems don't do any better with an American southern accent. My husband can't make his phone understand him either.Lynnhttp://www.lynnspace.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-4914855934608093202009-09-10T05:29:51.459-05:002009-09-10T05:29:51.459-05:00I hated those things in Canada. Cell phone company...I hated those things in Canada. Cell phone company, Bank, Cable etc. One good thing about being back in Blighty, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-43296485414899284332009-09-10T01:28:42.513-05:002009-09-10T01:28:42.513-05:00Gee, I wonder how somebody on Hawaii would do with...Gee, I wonder how somebody on Hawaii would do with that system.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-27625268660624810882009-09-09T23:08:03.726-05:002009-09-09T23:08:03.726-05:00It's because you are a south of England kind o...It's because you are a south of England kind of gal in how you pronounce your vowels. The north-of-England people would probably sail right through! Long A's, short a's, etc. You probably have a southern American telephone ;)Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357397551761295138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-22949915646464839942009-09-09T22:37:18.848-05:002009-09-09T22:37:18.848-05:00Jo, I have had similar problems at drive-thru'...Jo, I have had similar problems at drive-thru's too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176805307442675187.post-40734589256006155932009-09-09T22:30:58.709-05:002009-09-09T22:30:58.709-05:00Haahaa it only gets worse :)
I used to have a simi...Haahaa it only gets worse :)<br />I used to have a similar program on my computer Dragon Speak, it NEVER quite got the hang of it..<br />If it makes you feel any better, my husband who is a native Tennessean always has trouble at the fast food drive in window. He asks for French fries,and always gets a Sprite. It's the English twist he puts on the word fries.A Brit in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080644141670903160noreply@blogger.com