James Farrar wrote in
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:03:51 -0600, "Tristán White"
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"Richard J." wrote in news:0HOsh.113595
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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....