153: GOOG-411

I use 1-800-GOOG-411 all the time . . . and, in general, I really like it.

One coda, though.

I tend to speak like a computer to it, because it has difficulty understanding
me.

GOOG-411: What City and State?
Jen: Spokane, Washington.
GOOG-411: Leavenworth, Kansas, thank you. What listing?
Jen: Go Back.
GOOG-411: Say just the city and state.
Jen: Spokane, Washington.
GOOG-411: Spo-cane, Washington, thank you. Say the listing.

GOOG-411: What City and State?
Jen: Core-duh-lane (Coeur d’Alene), Idaho.
GOOG-411: Say just the city and state.
Jen: Core-duh-lane (Coeur d’Alene), Idaho.
GOOG-411: Say just the city and state.
Jen: Core-DEE-AH-lean, Idaho.
GOOG-411: Core-dee-ah-lean, Idaho, thank you. Say the listing.
Jen: Rung-gii (Runge, rhyming it with “fung-fee” as it’s pronounced) Furniture.
GOOG 411: No listing. Say the business name or category.
Jen: Run-juh (rhyming it with “grunge”) Furniture.
GOOG 411: Run-jah Furniture, on south 4th Street . . .

Don’t get me started on Spok-can (Spokane) being wrongly rhymed with “insane” . . .