On 28 Nov 2007 09:50:28 GMT, Adrian wrote:

James Farrar (James Farrar ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

A bizarre thing I heard on Southern recently was an obviously
synthesised voice saying "London Underground have informed me ...".

Oh, that winds me up, along with "I am sorry for the delay to this
service". You can't be sorry, you're a computer. "We are sorry" would be
far better.

"On behalf of all the computers in this server room..."

ISWYM... but the computer is the company's representative, and is
programmed to speak for the company. It doesn't speak for itself!