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.