Why is Apple Maps saying “sawjootee” instead of “south”?

  • Quite a few google results reporting same thing, such as this discussion

    https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1479443

  • Could it just be reading an underlying misspelling in the data, as in "soujtwest"? A combination of transposing TH as HT due to timing disruption between the left and right hand, while mistyping the H as the adjacent J.

    There are plausible pronunciation attempts for "soujt" that a listener might phonetically transcribe as "sawjootee".

  • They are way too busy deprecating OS features to focus on actually adding/enhancing functionality. Maybe you are 'listening to the app wrong' ?