Does anybody else find it weird that whenever you have a voice over, be it satnav, Bluetooth speakers, promotional videos (of European companies!), etc. they almost always have American accents? Even before the whole buy European movement took off I found this weird, especially since British or Irish accents are way nicer to listen to in my opinion.

  • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My favourite was an old Bluetooth speaker I had 10 years ago, where the voice started up saying “Bluetooth mode has been on”. Like, what‽

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      My new ones just say “Bluetooth mode” when I turn them on 🥲

      The previous generation had “Power on” and “Pairing”

      And yes, the new ones directly go into pairing mode 🤦

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      4 days ago

      Probably because it’s a Chinese company? What American company is making headphones and speakers?

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        4 days ago

        Of course it was made in China. Still funny! I had a moped made in China with safety instructions, and one of them was “Don’t drunk and drive”. So I could be drunk, just not drink 😝