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Old November 15th 08, 09:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Constant anouncements on London Buses
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:30:28 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

[2] Literal translation would be "stand back", but "stand away" is a
far more common UK term, at least on the mainline in the days of
slamdoors.

These days, of course, it's invariably "stand clear".
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