A funny thing...
Oct. 27th, 2005 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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:
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:
I love train travel, you never know what you'll encouner. :-)
The Newcastle Line runs from Fassifern to Broadmeadow (with accepted pronounciations in brackets) as:
Fassifern (Fas-ee-fern)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".
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)
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 serviceThe train left after that, so I guess they did.
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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!
I love train travel, you never know what you'll encouner. :-)
