Brit drivers want their sat-nav to speak with a Geordie accent
By Tony Watts - Editor - 26/06/2008
Way ay, man! Or rather, you're going the wrong way ay, man. If Britain's drivers had their way, our sat navs would be speaking to us with Geordie accents. You'd be driving down to the shops and thinking that you were listening to I'm a Celebrity or Big Brother.
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