Voice Commands in Broadcast English

Old Dec 4, 2014 | 07:56 AM
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Voice Commands in Broadcast English

Remember, Acura, we don't all speak Broadcast English! :-)

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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 07:58 AM
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And I'd advise these people never to buy an Acura and expect to use voice commands.

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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 08:01 AM
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Amy Walker, one of my favorite almost-professional actors, with a tour of American accents.

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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 08:06 AM
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And do you know anybody old enough to speak in the old US upper class "Atlantic" accent that mirrored Received Standard/Oxford Accent?

It's still typical in Eastern Virginia to drop R and G sounds.

You don't go over here, you go OH-vah HEE-yah.

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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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Thanks for the accent tour, George. Fun. I'd suggest that you send this off to the Acura engineers, but they may have more serious problems to contend with. Actually, driving my new Sport Hybrid suggests that the engineers are doing just fine - it's the marketing and management folks that have more serious things to contend with.
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