Snowy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Well you all said I should get one, so I did Does anyone elses have problems pronouncing road names? Or saying road numbers incorrectly? It can't pronounce Leicester (lersshhh) or Earlstree (erssshhh) And it says road numbers as "the A five thousand one hundred and ninety nine" It takes my brain a good few minutes to realise that it means the A five one nine nine I have the Katy voice. Are they all the same or are some better than others? Otherwise it's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 i've got one now too (thanks shaunw!) mine don't talk proper either - can't understand her when she calls the 'ten seventy-nine' the other gobbledegook nonsence. She's got lovely elocution but is inclined to swallow words and town names that embarass her somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Mine can't talk properly either, I cant have the lady voice as she cannot say 'roundabout' properly and I shout at her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 He he Scrambled, all parents are embarrassing. Yaws ur posher than mine it doesn't say names etc just what to do in an authoritarian voice. I've got the american female voice so I don't have a man telling me what to do and I like going round rotaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I think that mine speaks proper like! The only thing is that I ignore her and then when she says, "Recalculating!" in a cheesed off voice, I feel really guilty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 We have a Navigon (called Winnie ) and she's great, she would say the A five one nine nine. Never had any problems with her pronunciation of anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I think that mine speaks proper like! The only thing is that I ignore her and then when she says, "Recalculating!" in a cheesed off voice, I feel really guilty! hey jlo, shaunw just set my satnav up with Homer Simpson's voice... i thought you'd like to know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Mine is called Jane and she is terribly posh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I have Jane in my car, too! I don't think she's ever said a road name or number though - she just says 'keep right', 'exit ahead' and the like. And when I go wrong she very patiently says 'turn around when possible'. But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' My old one used to stop talking to me after a while as if to say 'you got lost, I told you and now you sort it out' he was terribly unhelpful when I was lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 And when I go wrong she very patiently says 'turn around when possible'. But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' We have a sat nav but we turn the voice off, because we just end up shouting at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I have Jane in my car, too! I don't think she's ever said a road name or number though - she just says 'keep right', 'exit ahead' and the like. And when I go wrong she very patiently says 'turn around when possible'. But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' http://www.emmaclarke.com/media/10973/i-said-left-not-right.mp3 - lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I can't get that clip to run, but that's interesting because I was going to add that my sat-nav sounds very like the Jubilee Line train announcements! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I have Jane in my car, too! I don't think she's ever said a road name or number though - she just says 'keep right', 'exit ahead' and the like. And when I go wrong she very patiently says 'turn around when possible'. But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' http://www.emmaclarke.com/media/10973/i-said-left-not-right.mp3 - lol Fred- The owner of that voice is a true Omleteer- she used the lovely Omlet word "Numpty" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 And when I go wrong she very patiently says 'turn around when possible'. But I know that really Jane wants to scream at me 'You've done it again! Do you NEVER listen? I said go left at the last roundabout! Now we're going to be late ...' We have a sat nav but we turn the voice off, because we just end up shouting at it! You're not the only one - we turn the sound off as well! - especially as I can't be bothered to add a 'via' to it and I know Jane will try to make every journey we take go on the M40. We only turn the sound back on for finding addresses right at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I think Jane isn't so bright as doesn't know as many words as yours (or cleverer for being more discerning maybe) Her annoying habit is to tell you to turn when it is illegal to do so. There was one dual carriageway with a gap every few metres with no right turn and she kept repeating every few metres with me answering back every few metres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 We've got Yoda "Turn left you must" "In 100yds stop you must" It's so annoying but absolutely hilarious! We use to have Jane as well! She's so posh. We first had a Welsh woman when we bought the Range rover. We could never understand her so swapped it! goodness knows why they would put a welsh person on there Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I can't get that clip to run, but that's interesting because I was going to add that my sat-nav sounds very like the Jubilee Line train announcements! Make sure you have quicktime installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I have got the Spanish guy who speaks in Spanish. Its revision and directions all rolled into one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I read this as 'My Tomcat can't walk properly' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 We've got Yoda "Turn left you must" "In 100yds stop you must" It's so annoying but absolutely hilarious! We use to have Jane as well! She's so posh. We first had a Welsh woman when we bought the Range rover. We could never understand her so swapped it! goodness knows why they would put a welsh person on there Tom May I know what you have against the Welsh ? ...Ond dw i'n ddim yn cael yn llediaith Cymraeg...unig y tipyn bach. ...But I don't have a Welsh accent...only a little one. I'm welsh, but my parents are English, Grandparents are Welsh, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
