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by _bxg1 2446 days ago
Even in central Texas, normal American street names get constantly mispronounced by turn-by-turn
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A few days ago, I encountered Siri pronouncing A1 (/ei/ one[1]), a major road in the UK, as "ah one" (how you might pronounce a lowercase a). Threw me for a second as I've not heard it make that mistake before.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJvept23aHc

If I use a postcode as a destination, Waze sometimes decides to pronounce the letters as if they're units. "You've arrived at "AA1 5Terajoules"
With a destination from the contacts list I get You've arrived at "Drive <doctor's name>'s office".