Re: Why say it? "orsclo"

[Phil Bruce <filbruce@ihug.com.au>]

It is usually "ancliy-orsclo"

stephen wrote:

> Visited Sydney recently.
>
> A number of times I heard, over the PA in the carriage, a fairly loud
> anouncement which said "orsclo".
>
> Over time a pattern became evident. "Orsclo" assulted our ears not
> long before the train left each station.
>
> Then at one station "orsclo" became "doorsclosing" as the doors
> closed!
>
> Next station our ears were once again assulted with "orsclo".
>
> Why bother even saying something that cannot even be interpreted by a
> (hopefully) intelligent, non-hearing impaired, Australian? All it did
> was distract from the more meaningful sound of the doors closing.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Stephen
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