A funny thing...

[laura_seabrook]

...happened on the train back to Cardiff last night.

The Newcastle Line runs from Fassifern to Broadmeadow (with accepted pronounciations in brackets) as:

Fassifern (Fas-ee-fern)
Booragul (boor-ag-ul)
Teralba (ter-alba)
Cockle Creek (cock-el-creek)
Cardiff (car-dif)
Kotara (ko-ta-ra)
Adamstown (adams-town)
Broadmeadow (broad-med-ow)

Just after Fassifern the guard started announcing "Next stop Booor-raga-raga-raga-ul"; at Booragul he announced "Tery-lerry-alba, followed by the Cockles of my heart Creak"; and finally just before Cardiff: "Cardyardywardif comin' up, followed by Ko-o-o-o-o-tara and Adminston".

I got off at cardiff, so I don't know why he changed his style of announcing. Earlier on the train when we stopped at Wyee the following was heard:

Will the person smoking please note that this service is a non-smoking service
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Will THAT person smoking in THAT carraige please stop smoking!
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This service have been a non-smoking service for the last 15 years and will the inconsiderate person smoking please stop
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Will that inconsiderATE perSON pla-EASE stop smoking!

The train left after that, so I guess they did.

I love train travel, you never know what you'll encouner. :-)

Comments

[bendiviolet.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't for public transpot, I don't know what I'd ever write about. It gives you such an insight into human nature.

I saw my first and second dead bodies, within this past year, as a result of catching trains...

But I always seem to run into the wisecracking bus/train dirver when I've got a hangover.