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Piglet
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[slight tangent]
I've heard it said that Scottish accents are regarded as nice and comforting, and that the purest form of English is found in an Inverness accent.
I was born in Inverness, so no bias there whatsoever ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
In fairness, I was only there for six weeks, most of it spent in an incubator, which isn't quite long enough to pick up an accent. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
If I had a fiver for every time someone's said "I love your accent", I could probably retire.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
Leaving Glasgow Queen Street, the live announcement included "please remember that nail varnish is banned on all trains". I queried this with the person sitting opposite and apparently there had been incidents (plural)involving spilt polish when women had been painting their nails on the train.
You would have thought that warnings against "Buckie" or "Electric Soup" were more likely. Are these things of the past?
*Casts mind back* Actually, I think drunks on trains are on the decrease. Or perhaps I'm just getting older and drunks are more interested in annoying younger women. The last pissed group I saw on a train was a hen party, and I think they were on the prosecco.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Originally posted by Piglet:
[slight tangent]
I've heard it said that Scottish accents are regarded as nice and comforting, and that the purest form of English is found in an Inverness accent.
I've been thinking for a while that this thread needs the immortal Burnistoun Eleven sketch (warning: NSFW language, if you can understand it).
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Chamois
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Originally posted by Sipech:
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I don't travel much on London's Victoria line these days, but when I did a year or two ago, there was frequently a Rastafarian announcer who would wish peace on everyone, tell them to have a lovely day and spread love.
He's still there at Victoria station. A couple of months ago my Victoria line train went through the station one morning in rush hour when the District Line was suffering from "minor delays". You'll have to imagine the Caribbean accent, but his announcement went something like this:
"I'm telling you, people, the District Line is sick this morning. It's sick, sick, sick, you hear what I'm saying? So you'll all need to find another way to get where you're going. But if you're lost don't worry, you come and talk to me and I'll help you out."
He's definitely one of the most popular platform announcers on London underground.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Yes, I've heard him too. He used to enliven my wife's journey to work. Long may he flourish!
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Baptist Trainfan
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
Actually, I think drunks on trains are on the decrease. Or perhaps I'm just getting older and drunks are more interested in annoying younger women. The last pissed group I saw on a train was a hen party, and I think they were on the prosecco.
They might have
more difficulty in the future ...
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Cathscats
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Once at Edinburgh Haymarket station I heard the tannoy announce that the next train on platform 4 would be followed at once by another so the first one would go right up the platform. "Will passengers for X kindly make their way further up the platform." No one moved. The voice resumed "I said up the platform. That means right away there where youse can see the gorse bushes. If you want the train you need to get there before it gets here!"
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Baptist Trainfan, Chamois, put me down as a mishog, then. I cannot stand the bloke. The last thing I want when I'm battling with the District Line in the rush hour is someone being loud and cheerful. Just do your job and let us get to ours.
M.
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Pigwidgeon
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I've always assumed that this song was based on a real announcement somewhere. Does anyone know?
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by M.:
Baptist Trainfan, Chamois, put me down as a mishog, then. I cannot stand the bloke. The last thing I want when I'm battling with the District Line in the rush hour is someone being loud and cheerful. Just do your job and let us get to ours.
M.
You probably wouldn't enjoy the Toronto Airport baggage handler (I've met him both times that I've flown home from there) -- he goes through all of the standard instructions for checking baggage and going through security but as sort of a rap and with a great sense of humor (I guess "humour" since it's in Canada). Why not put a smile on people's faces while doing what would otherwise be a boring job?
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Ariel
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From time to time we get a genuinely amusing announcer on the train. I guess he's probably just as bored with the standard nanny-type announcements as we are. I wouldn't want it every night but a sprinkling of humour now and again does go some way and it's nice when most of the carriage breaks into laughter. (The rest still have their earphones in or ears welded to their mobiles.)
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georgiaboy
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
I've always assumed that this song was based on a real announcement somewhere. Does anyone know?
Don't know about source, but I first heard it in 1958 in my first year at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, USA. (Sung to me by a female student who learned it from her father. She only had the first two stanzas, however.)
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cliffdweller
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Purely fictitious, of course, but I loved the airport parking instructions in the 70s era parody Airplane!
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P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
The white zone is for immediate loading
and unloading of passengers only. There is
no stopping in the red zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone is for immediate loading and
unloading of passengers. There is no
stopping in the white zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
No. The white zone is for loading and
unloading, and there is no stopping in the
red zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
The red zone has always been for loading
and unloading, and there is never stopping
in a white zone.
P.A. SYSTEM (female v.o.)
Don't tell me which zone is for stopping
and which zone is for loading.
P.A. SYSTEM (male v.o.)
Listen, Betty. Don't start up with your
white zone shit again!
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by cliffdweller:
Purely fictitious, of course, but I loved the airport parking instructions in the 70s era parody Airplane!
So did I -- in the thread that led Miss Amanda to start this thread!
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Sorry, one more continuation of the tangent, just to suggest that Los Angeles should employ these two.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
I've always assumed that this song was based on a real announcement somewhere. Does anyone know?
I can recall seeing signs in railroad toilets asking passengers not to flush toilets while the train is in the station. Given the fact that the toilet contents went directly onto the track beneath, this was a very sensible sign.
Moo
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