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Martin Brown wrote:
Funnily enough there was a piece about this on that depressing Radio4
consumer whinging program You&Yours at lunchtime yesterday and a Harmon
Kardon have employed a record producer as a consultant to make up
synthetic engine noises for electric cars (I kid you not). One was what
you expect and the other sounded like space invaders on acid.

Yes - just what you'd expect from a type like that. The 'genuine' engine
sound was dreadful too - with what sounded like an out of adjustment
tappet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b018flk0

From 40:40 into the broadcast. Warning! This programme is so tedious
that it makes Vogon poetry sound exciting by comparison.

Interesting. To be sure of this you'd have had to have listened to many.
Why?

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*Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?

Dave Plowman London SW
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