First thing that happens is it asks me a Yes/No question. I say "No" but it can't figure it out. I say "No" again, but no luck. How many pronunciations of "No" are there?? After several tries, it lets me push a number instead and we move along.

Finally get to the movie listings. You can say a city and state, and get a list of theaters there. So I say, very clearly, "Albany, Oregon". Phonetically this is "ALL-buh-nee, OR-ih-gun". It can't figure it out. Repeat several times, but it can't figure it out. As a test, I mispronounce Oregon as "OR-ee-gone", and it works on the first try. It repeats back to me "AL-buh-nee, OR-ee-gone" and asks if this is correct. I say "Yes". Ha ha.

Speech Recognition: Just say "No". Wait, never mind, that won't work...

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As a resident of Knoxville and a former Regal employee that is the correct answer.

"My brudder, who lives in Bammer, bard my pickup truck and drove it to 'Lanna, Jawjah. He had a flat tar. Then he bernt the motor up 'cuz he fergot to check the all. He was ignert!"

Ok, I can hardly wait for Evans to comment from Huntsvil, Bammer.

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Ok, I can hardly wait for Evans to comment from Huntsvil, Bammer.

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Unfortunately, since so many people that I deal with from Huntsville did not grow up around here, and moved into Huntsville from other parts of the country, this area is very atypical of the surrounding areas. (Maybe I shouldn't have started the sentence with "unfortunately".)

Go to Gadsden if you want a more typical Alabama rural mix, or any of the many small towns that are at least 50 miles from a large city. The county I grew up in from age 5 - 19 (Cherokee County) was a good example, and it's adjacent to Etowah County where Gadsden is located. Go to Gadsden Mall on a Saturday night. It'll be hopping with lots of people that speak Southern. Heck, Regal got out of Gadsden a couple of years ago. I guess they were too southern even for the Knoxville-based Regal Cinemas. I've been to Knoxville, TN several times and I've been in East Town Mall and there have been plenty of rough, southern style people in there. Shopkeepers were explicitly telling some guys to "keep walking" when they were exiting stores. However, the last time I was in West Town Mall on the other end of town, it seemed really nice. That was the first Regal Funscape I ever saw. I sense a good bit of Gadsden in Knoxville, or at least parts of it.

The only true universal language is Broken English. (from a recent B.C. comic)