TfL use of English
 

My weekly engineering email from Tfl tells me "On Saturday and Sunday,
Farringdon station is closed in order to improve the station."
Well I know it's not the best of stations, but I'd hardly call closing
it an improvement.

TfL use of English
 

On Jan 26, 11:56*am, Basil Jet wrote:
My weekly engineering email from Tfl tells me "On Saturday and Sunday,
Farringdon station is closed in order to improve the station."
Well I know it's not the best of stations, but I'd hardly call closing
it an improvement.

Not many people at TfL can speak good English.
My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

LOROL!!

TfL use of English
 

We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981
IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel
please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

TfL use of English
 

In message of Mon,
30 Jan 2012 21:58:00 in uk.transport.london, Paul Cummins usethebl@sted
telephone.invalid writes
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?


On some London Underground platforms, while waiting for a train, I hear
something like "Ladies and gentleman, please stand behind the yellow
line at all times for your safety". How do I comply and board a train?
--
Walter Briscoe

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On 2012\01\30 22:43, Walter Briscoe wrote:
In .domain of Mon,
30 Jan 2012 21:58:00 in uk.transport.london, Paul Cumminsusethebl@sted
telephone.invalid writes
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?


On some London Underground platforms, while waiting for a train, I hear
something like "Ladies and gentleman, please stand behind the yellow
line at all times for your safety". How do I comply and board a train?

Has anyone mentioned dogs and escalators yet?

TfL use of English
 

"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
...

In message of Mon,
30 Jan 2012 21:58:00 in uk.transport.london, Paul Cummins usethebl@sted
telephone.invalid writes
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?


On some London Underground platforms, while waiting for a train, I hear
something like "Ladies and gentleman, please stand behind the yellow
line at all times for your safety". How do I comply and board a train?

I believe you are expected to board the train backwards, thus still being
behind the line.

Peter Smyth

TfL use of English
 

On 30/01/2012 21:58, Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

Ring the bell?

TfL use of English
 

On 1/30/2012 7:10 PM, wrote:
On 30/01/2012 21:58, Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

Ring the bell?

I adore signage in the UK. Getting off the LHR - MAN flight we met a
sign that read "Do not place fud here" So now we know LOL cats work at
MAN airport!

NYC has good ones: Near Washington Sq Park - "Unnecessary Honking
Prohibited"

By nearly every bus stop: "No Standing", also "No Strollers"

Public transportation signage is a culture like no other.

TfL use of English
 

On 1/30/2012 7:10 PM, wrote:
On 30/01/2012 21:58, Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

Ring the bell?

Wouldn't that be distracting?

TfL use of English
 

TfL use of English
 

On 31/01/2012 00:24, redcat wrote:
On 1/30/2012 7:10 PM, wrote:
On 30/01/2012 21:58, Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when (Offramp)
came up to me and whispered:

My favourite incomprehensible sign is on most TfL buses:
"..Do not speak to or distract the driver's attention..."

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

Ring the bell?

Wouldn't that be distracting?


Probably.

TfL use of English
 

We were about to embark at Dover, when () came up
to me and whispered:


Ring the bell?

thus distracting his attenton whilst the vehicle is in motion...

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981
IF you think this http://bit.ly/u5EP3p is cruel
please sign this http://bit.ly/sKkzEx

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

TfL use of English
 

In message , at
21:58:00 on Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Paul Cummins
remarked:
Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"

In which case, how do you ask him to stop?

You ring the bell, which is part of his task to listen for and therefore
not officially a distraction.
--
Roland Perry

TfL use of English
 

In message , at 19:23:00
on Mon, 30 Jan 2012, redcat remarked:
Public transportation signage is a culture like no other.

And announcements. There's one at my local station "Security personnel
patrol this station 24 hours a day", which is neither true [it's
deserted from about 9pm onwards] and improbable [they'd be sleepwalking
half the time].
--
Roland Perry

TfL use of English
 

Which used to day "do not speak to the driver or distract his attention
while the vehicle is in motion"


Those signs used to include a "without good cause" disclaimer.

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TfL use of English
 

And,staying with buses, there's the old "No standing forward of this
point" notices - Fair enough, if followed with "whilst the vehicle is
in motion", but many aren't.

If you're not allowed to stand by the driver's window, how are you
supposed to ask for, and purchase a ticket? Board the bus, sit on the
floor immediately, and shout up at him/her?

M :)

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On Jan 31, 1:23*am, redcat wrote:

I adore signage in the UK. Getting off the LHR - MAN flight we met a
sign that read "Do not place fud here" So now we know LOL cats work at
MAN airport!

Not FOD, i.e. Foreign Object Damage, which tends to get extended to
refer to the Foreign Objects that might cause the Damage (or an
alternate interpretation "Foreign Object Debris")?

Neil