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Mr. Bezos, what else have you done wrong today?

Interesting oversight... the Amazon Kindle doesn't pronounce Barack Obama correctly. They've fessed up and they'll fix it, but geez, I think they could have checked some of this high-profile stuff in advance.

The President’s Name Trips Up a Would-Be Voice of the News

By TIM ARANGO
Published: May 7, 2009

...In particular, the voice of the Kindle mispronounces two important words that show up often in the pages of newspapers: “Barack” (the device rhymes it with “black”) and “Obama” (sounds like “Alabama”).

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