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The latest and greatest Voice Search App by Google that was launched after unanticipated delays for the iPhone this Monday, is finding it hard to understand British accents. It appears that no matter what the Brits say, the app thinks that they are talking about sex – so either the app itself is obsessed with sex or it thinks that the Brits are obsessed with sex.

Here are some examples of what the Brits are undergoing in their quest to use the app:

The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use theGoogle search engine with their voice, mistook the word "iPhone" variously for "sex," "Einstein" and "kitchen sink," said the Daily Telegraph.

Comments left by users on the application’s website seemed to confirm the problem. "Awesome job google. only problem is every time I say the word ‘fish’ it registers as ’sex’," wrote one, identified as Kevin.

A user from Surrey, south of London, had his request mistaken for "myspace" and "Einstein" was another option offered for "iPhone" spoken with a Kent accent, it said.

The only British accent which correctly understood the request was for a user from Yorkshire, northern England, although he was also offered "bonfire."

"I’ve got a traditional Kentish accent and the thing kept on spitting back ridiculous things," said Roger Ellinson, 26, from Maidstone in Kent, southeastern England.

"I asked it to find my nearest pizza take away and it came back with something about volcanoes," he added.

"I asked it to find my nearest pub and it gave me a link to some kind of weird dating website," said Ellinson. "I’ll have to try to put on my best American accent to get it to work."