On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Sep 2, 8:36*am, "Batman55" wrote:

"Offramp" wrote:

What could be more straightforward than an announcement in the Tube
carriage that "This is North Greenwich, alight here for the O2"?

But the "O2" part is said as if she were saying, "Oh to be in England"
and someone pinched her bum after the first two words.

I think the announcement used to be longer (02 Arena?) and it has been
truncated, hence the abrupt speech pattern.

Aha, yes that could well explain it - I quite agree with Offramp that
it's rather disconcerting. Strange how the manner of speech in a
recorded announcement can almost leave one feeling a bit on edge.

(As a complete aside, I have wondered if anyone's ever got "the O2" aka
the dome and the "O2 centre" on Finchley Road muddled up, and ended up
in Sainsbury's looking for Bon Jovi

Or even better, if Bon Jovi's ended up in Sainsbury's looking for an
audience.

tom

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