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by noneeeed 2452 days ago
Google maps butchers a lot of place names in the UK even when it's set to British English. In fareness, that's because many are simply not spelt phonetically.

Driving around Wales or Cornwall are particularly fun, it really can't deal with the names. Not sure if it manages better when it's in Welsh language mode (if that's available).

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Likewise, places in the US that take their names from English get butchered (Gloucester and Worcester in Massachusetts are examples). "Concord" and "Berlin" are fun because they are pronounced differently depending on which one you're talking about. Native American names like Scituate are also tough for most GPS speech synthesizers.