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As I should sing (text in English)

Here’s a transcript from the beginning of an online meeting I had last month with a kind and patient accountant: Me: On the Helena. Common star. Accountant: To the right. I say Go feed bank. Me: I sing sing of Oyster Ben. In town, and Career should come. We arrest. Accountant: Say. Me: E, tambing, it's pretty much temp of the push then you should Sobra. I mean, if she had activity that feeling inside. Accountant: See, there's no physical.  Me: As I should sing. Then you can control. On the He was saying to Do. I do and do site. Okay. Bacteria. The key. Until it comes site commissary merch. I stupid going to sober. The transcription makes no sense. The meeting, on the other hand, made perfect sense and concluded with me submitting my tax return. What’s going on? The short answer is that I forgot to change the language on the transcription software. The software did its job of converting the sounds of our conversation into words, but its frame of reference was the English languag...