Often my husband and I take drives on the weekend in search of new places to see and walk. One thing that adds much entertainment to the drive is our sat-nav. She (it's set to a female voice so we identify it as female) mispronounces many Australian place names. Bendigo [ben - di - go] becomes Bendeeego; Dandenongs [dan - de - nongs] becomes either Dand-A-nongs or Dand@#% as she mumbles the end and runs it into the next word. I'm not sure why her pronunciation varies, but it's usually very funny. Sometimes it's so badly spoken that unless we're looking at the name written on a sign, then we can't tell where she's trying to direct us.
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RJ Hamer Arboretum, photo by
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