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Old January 22nd 07, 11:20 PM posted to uk.transport.london
 
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Default Anouncements on bus (was Cross-London Bus Transfer & Discount London Bus Pass)

The way they announce transfers to the Circle or Hammersmith & City lines:
The way they pronounce the word Circle sounds like they swallow the second
syllable in that word.

"Tristán White" wrote in message
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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....