We recently discussed a NYNEX phone recording from the 90s that would play when a phone call wouldn't go through. The message was downright low-quality and featured what sounded like a very exhausted, fat man in his late 40s with a very thick New York accent. It sounded like he was speaking out of his mother's basement. Here's how the recording would go:
(solid 4 seconds of ultra-powered oscillating fan)
then
"We're SOW-ry, we cannot complete ya cawl, please hang up ... and try ya cawl again LAY-ta ... this ... is a recording."
(4 more seconds oscillating fan)
"We're SOW-ry, we cannot complete ya cawl, please hang up ... and try ya cawl again LAY-ta ... this ... is a recording."
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I tried to find this recording online and have had no luck so far. However, I did find this website (http://www.payphone-directory.org) which has a Phone Recording Archive that is an achievement in itself.
That NYNEX recording must be found.
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