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January 21st 07, 06:03 PM
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Anouncements on bus (was Cross-London Bus Transfer & Discount London Bus Pass)
"Richard J." wrote in news:0HOsh.113595
: James Farrar wrote: On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:52:29 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: James Farrar wrote: Oh, joy. Yet more audio assaults. It needn't be. Well, no, they don't need to be, but they almost invariably are, whether due to incorrect pronunciation of placenames, inappropriate timing of announcements or bad production techniques. On the Underground, they are much better than they were, and I have no complaints at all about Emma Clarke's announcements on the District Line. What current incorrect pronunciations irritate you? I think the Plaistow/Playstow has now been ironed out, but the inappropriate inflexions still grate. |
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#72
January 21st 07, 06:13 PM
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On 21 Jan 2007 05:33:35 -0800, Mizter T wrote:
Expecting the driver to make announcements and drive/take fares and inspect tickets is considered unfeasable Bus drivers in Oslo do all this. Seems to work well. The future, however, is automated stop anouncements that use GPS. We have this on some lines here in Kristiansand. -- jhk |
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#73
January 21st 07, 06:31 PM
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Anouncements on bus (was Cross-London Bus Transfer & Discount London Bus Pass)
James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:52:29 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: James Farrar wrote: Oh, joy. Yet more audio assaults. It needn't be. Well, no, they don't need to be, but they almost invariably are, whether due to incorrect pronunciation of placenames, inappropriate timing of announcements or bad production techniques. On the 35, for every stop they announce 'bus stopping at the next bus stop, please stand well clear of doors', which gets on your nerves pretty soon - and seems unnecessary since there's an audible beep when the stop button is pressed anyway. If they restrict the announcement to 'next stop camberwell green' or whatever then no problem, but I expect more long-winded verbiage... |
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January 21st 07, 10:24 PM
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Anouncements on bus (was Cross-London Bus Transfer & Discount London Bus Pass)
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:03:51 -0600, "Tristán White"
wrote: "Richard J." wrote in news:0HOsh.113595 : James Farrar wrote: On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:52:29 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: James Farrar wrote: Oh, joy. Yet more audio assaults. It needn't be. Well, no, they don't need to be, but they almost invariably are, whether due to incorrect pronunciation of placenames, inappropriate timing of announcements or bad production techniques. On the Underground, they are much better than they were, and I have no complaints at all about Emma Clarke's announcements on the District Line. What current incorrect pronunciations irritate you? I think the Plaistow/Playstow has now been ironed out, It has, but the Bakerloo line gets Marylebone wrong. but the inappropriate inflexions still grate. The new Central line is worse than the one it replaced, and the new Piccadilly line one is dreadful. |
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January 21st 07, 10:26 PM
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#76
January 22nd 07, 02:27 AM
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:47:37 +0100, Martin Krieger wrote:
One thing I don't understand, and which might be a reason for this, is that while they do excellent announcements on the Tube, DLR etc., there is no passenger information at all on the buses. When I'm not sure and ask the driver or other passengers they are usually quite helpful. But of course if there where some information it would make visitors feel more sure not to get lost. Was it ever considered to do announcements on the bus? Is there any special reason for not doing it? ISTR being on an 18 about ten years ago which had a dot matrix display showing the name of the next stop. |
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January 22nd 07, 06:23 AM
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James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:03:51 -0600, "Tristán White" wrote: "Richard J." wrote in news:0HOsh.113595 : On the Underground, they are much better than they were, and I have no complaints at all about Emma Clarke's announcements on the District Line. What current incorrect pronunciations irritate you? I think the Plaistow/Playstow has now been ironed out, It has, but the Bakerloo line gets Marylebone wrong. Btw, what is really the correct pronounciation of Marylebone? Most people I hear pronounce it "marlebn" (or something like that) but almost all encyclopaedias etc that I have checked suggest something like "mary-lee-bn"... The Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marylebone mention both, the former is said to be some "common" pronounciation while the latter variant is said to be correct according to "Marylebone Association". but the inappropriate inflexions still grate. The new Central line is worse than the one it replaced, and the new Piccadilly line one is dreadful. The DLR is IMHO even worse, maybe worst of all. It sounds far too robot-like and in addition a very compressed voice. -- Olof Lagerkvist ICQ: 724451 Web: http://here.is/olof |
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January 22nd 07, 07:04 AM
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#79
January 22nd 07, 07:10 AM
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James Farrar wrote in
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:03:51 -0600, "Tristán White" wrote: "Richard J." wrote in news:0HOsh.113595 : James Farrar wrote: On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:52:29 GMT, "Richard J." wrote: James Farrar wrote: Oh, joy. Yet more audio assaults. It needn't be. Well, no, they don't need to be, but they almost invariably are, whether due to incorrect pronunciation of placenames, inappropriate timing of announcements or bad production techniques. On the Underground, they are much better than they were, and I have no complaints at all about Emma Clarke's announcements on the District Line. What current incorrect pronunciations irritate you? I think the Plaistow/Playstow has now been ironed out, It has, but the Bakerloo line gets Marylebone wrong. but the inappropriate inflexions still grate. The new Central line is worse than the one it replaced, and the new Piccadilly line one is dreadful. There's a few really annoying inflexions - I can't remember where they are as I try and eliminate them from my memory. Could Epping be one? I seem to remember being on the Central line and hearing at every stop "This train terminates at..." and then this strange way of saying "Epping" almost like she was suddenly asking a question. "Neasden" on the Jubilee line is annoying as hell. She doesn't mispronounce it, but it sounds like she has a gun to her head because the previous ten times she did mispronounce it. It's just a tad louder than the rest, with the s in the middle pronounced like a few zzz and really clearly as though her life depended on it. when the JL terminates there and you are listening to it at every stop .... this train terminates at NEEEEZDN ... it's almost equivalent to torture. No wonder so many people listen to their iPods at full whack.... |
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