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    From Smolley@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 8 17:13:30 2025
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

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  • From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 8 19:10:00 2025
    Op 08/07/2025 om 18:13 schreef Smolley:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    We need to break away from Scotland and regain independence!

    --
    Ottavio Caruso

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to Smolley on Tue Jul 8 19:52:10 2025
    On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 17:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Smolley <me@rest.uk> wrote:

    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car >insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    Hey Jimmy, go boil yer heid.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to Smolley on Wed Jul 9 11:21:31 2025
    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.
    Your lucky it is only scottish.

    --
    "I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah
    puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Smolley on Wed Jul 9 16:03:35 2025
    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.


    In a few years time AI on your smart phone will translate it for you :)


    --
    mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 19:39:26 2025
    On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:03:35 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
    wrote:

    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car >> insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    In a few years time AI on your smart phone will translate it for you :)

    Will it be able to translate in the opposite direction though, Jimmy?

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  • From brian@21:1/5 to Smolley on Wed Jul 9 20:52:34 2025
    In message <104jjjq$3m7fa$1@dont-email.me>, Smolley <me@rest.uk> writes
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car >insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    Did he call you a glaikit wee scunner ?

    Brian
    --
    Brian Howie

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  • From Jeff Layman@21:1/5 to Smolley on Thu Jul 10 08:48:30 2025
    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_Scottish_slang_and_jargon#G>

    I wonder if there's text-to-speech and speech-to-text available. :-)

    --
    Jeff

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  • From Thomas Prufer@21:1/5 to Jeff Layman on Thu Jul 10 12:11:45 2025
    On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:48:30 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car >> insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_Scottish_slang_and_jargon#G>

    I wonder if there's text-to-speech and speech-to-text available. :-)


    Probably:-)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrqkyyjewno

    "Imposter used AI to pose as Marco Rubio and contact foreign ministers"

    "The US State Department said it is investigating an imposter who used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and contact three foreign ministers.

    "The "unknown actor" is alleged to have used an artificially-generated voice of Rubio to contact officials via the Signal messaging app, according to a State Department cable obtained by BBC's US partner CBS News.

    "The cable stated that the person contacted at least five individuals, including
    the foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress."

    Thomas Prufer

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  • From Timatmarford@21:1/5 to Jeff Layman on Thu Jul 10 12:05:18 2025
    On 10/07/2025 08:48, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my
    car
    insurance, but I cant understand the guy.

    <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ Appendix:Glossary_of_Scottish_slang_and_jargon#G>

    I wonder if there's text-to-speech and speech-to-text available. :-)

    Difficult on a phone call but, face to face, you could ask them to spit
    it on a wall for reading:-)


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  • From Sam Plusnet@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 10 20:21:18 2025
    On 09/07/2025 16:03, alan_m wrote:
    On 08/07/2025 18:13, Smolley wrote:
    Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my
    car
    insurance, but I cant understand the guy.


    In a few years time AI on your smart phone will translate it for you :)

    "This appears to be a previously unknown dialect of Klingon. No
    translation possible."

    --
    Sam Plusnet

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