Comments on: Salad Chefs http://erikras.com/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jane http://erikras.com/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-865 Jane Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:00:10 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-865 Asheville. Heh. Asheville. Heh.

]]> By: erik http://erikras.com/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-864 erik Fri, 18 May 2007 10:49:23 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-864 I'm not sure why I'm so sure that these guys are Italian. You'd think that my connections with another Mediterranean country would take precedent, but no. Maybe it's the mustaches... I'd like to name them, but the only Italian duo that comes to mind is <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=mario+and+luigi&oi=images" rel="nofollow"><em>Mario and Luigi</em></a>, and I can't do that. Plus, most Italian names have almost exact Spanish equivalents and would thus remind us of actual people. Sexy robot voices are the future of a lot of the service and retail industry. No doubt there are many cunning computational linguists at this very moment trying to figure out what the Fourier transform for the "sexy" timbre is. I’m not sure why I’m so sure that these guys are Italian. You’d think that my connections with another Mediterranean country would take precedent, but no. Maybe it’s the mustaches…

I’d like to name them, but the only Italian duo that comes to mind is Mario and Luigi, and I can’t do that. Plus, most Italian names have almost exact Spanish equivalents and would thus remind us of actual people.

Sexy robot voices are the future of a lot of the service and retail industry. No doubt there are many cunning computational linguists at this very moment trying to figure out what the Fourier transform for the “sexy” timbre is.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://erikras.com/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-863 sgazzetti Fri, 18 May 2007 10:28:59 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/05/18/salad-chefs/#comment-863 Nice. I especially like the bit about the imaginary Italian accents. Whenever we drive on the autostrada, the robot toll-collector thanks us in a sultry female voice and bids us <i>arrivederci!</i> Magda seems to think the robot is hitting on me, because she always responds, <i>[expletive deleted] you, auuungh?</i> in her best Soprano's Italian. Nice. I especially like the bit about the imaginary Italian accents. Whenever we drive on the autostrada, the robot toll-collector thanks us in a sultry female voice and bids us arrivederci! Magda seems to think the robot is hitting on me, because she always responds, [expletive deleted] you, auuungh? in her best Soprano’s Italian.

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