On 15 Apr 17  14:14:00 Sean Dennis wrote...

SD> All,
SD> 
SD> One of my favorite GPS voice screwups came when I was visiting
SD> Knoxville, Tennessee, a few years ago.  The hotel I was staying at
SD> was on Papermill Road.
SD> 
SD> My GPS pronounced it "purrpurrmill".
SD> 
SD> Still makes me laugh today.
SD> 
SD> --Sean
SD> 
SD> ... Experience varies directly with the amount of equipment ruined.
SD> (1:18/200) 

To which Drew Klenotic replies...

The one in my phone used to do routes with the state name... so OH-59 was
"Ohio, fifty-nine".  Except state route 8 (which is kind of a big one
between Akron and all points north).  That one was "Oh-Ache eight".


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