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[Pturner]

With Garmin, we had a choice of setting voice as Jack or Jill. We chose the female. The name stuck. When she tells me to turn, I instinctively say, "Thank you, Jill." When she interrupts conversation needlessly, or she starts giving me directions I didn't ask for, I say, "hush, Jill".

Dunno why I talk to her, but I do.

[jmitchell]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

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Our GPS allows for a variety of accents and we choose the British accent but for some reason I started calling her "Garminita" -- I guess I should change to a Spanish accent.

[bkcunningham1]

Our first GPS was a Mio. My husband jokingly, ahem, said he would not take directions from a woman and changed the voice to a British male.

I called him Jeeves. And, yes, P; I talked to him, praised him and reprimanded him when appropriate. I mean my husband and Jeeves.

[ajbrown]

"She" has had several names over the years. There is the name she gets when I am a bit lost in heavy traffic and she is saying "Turn around when possible" every 10 seconds!

Then there was that special name she had when she dropped me into some very seedy looking place late at night outside of Washington DC!

None of these names are appropriate for the lovely people on TOTV

[graciegirl]

Yes. Helene and I call her Hilda.

Sweetie calls her You're wrong Hilda.

[graciegirl]

I think it would be so much fun to have a gps that says...DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?

or
YOU PAID OVER A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR MY DIRECTION AND YOU IGNORE IT?

or
THAT'S IT! FIND IT YOUSELF.

Then you could call it "Wifey".

[doubleujay1]

We leave our's muted. But we talk about it like there are people somewhere guiding us like in a room somewhere. Like, "where are they sending us now?"

[bkcunningham1]

Originally Posted by doubleujay1

We leave our's muted. But we talk about it like there are people somewhere guiding us like in a room somewhere. Like, "where are they sending us now?"

That is too funny.


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y[/ame]

[redwitch]

When he's not irritating me, he's Hunney. When I know where I'm going but need to make a stop he doesn't like, he's the Pain in the Neck. When he demands the impossible (like turning around in heavy traffic), he's Shut Up, Charlie!

[Pturner]

I talk to my dog and cat too, but at least they're human!

[BogeyBoy]

B*tchin Betty

Whenever I make a turn she doesn't like she starts to complain.

[happy employee]

My wife and I refer to our GPS voice as BIB. Short for B***h in the box.

[Xavier]

She's always been "Gertie" (and I love her dearly), but when she nags she has been called a witch or worse. My wife had to get over the jealousy thing when we first got her in 2003. Gertie would say "right" and my wife would say "left." Talk about being between a rock and a hard place!

I also dream of seeing if I could program in various other phrases like, "NOT here, dumb a**!", Hey Lard A** you missed the turn" and "Okay, find your own way home." Don't tell me there's not a market for this type of dialogue. You can send me a royalty if you decide to do it.

Xavier

[Jazzper]

Our Garmin -- Carmen.