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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 1:02 am
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Originally Posted by nystateofmind
At least you were not going to Sydney
There was a famous case in the news a few years ago of someone boarding a plane to--and arriving in--Ackland when they wanted to go to Oakland, which was a short distance from where they started. Apparently it was something in the accent that was making the announcements versus their own pronunciation of the two cities that caused the problem.
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