In article ,
(Roland
Perry) wrote:
In message
,
at 01:26:12 on Thu, 22 Jan 2009, THC
remarked:
My wife wants to know whether "Mind the Gap" as used on London
Underground is used on railways, metros outside London (I'm
pretty
certain that announcements are made on Platform 17 at Clapham
Junction
- the phrase is certainly picked out in white paint as you step
off
the train) but for the life of me I can't think of any examples
of
seeing it written or hearing it on PA systems elsewhere in the
UK.
I'd be grateful for any examples, o wise ones!
I seem to recall reading that some Americanisms came over with
Chicago financier Yerkes, who founded a London tube/bus empire at the
beginning of the 20th century, after having to leave Chicago under a
cloud, because of something to do with financing the Chicago El'.
Wasn't there one of his minions, an ex and restored Brit' from New
Jersey, who became Lord Stanley?
Jeremy Parker