Re: Train announcements
David Penna (djpenna@one.net.au)
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:21:01 -0700
rffergus@socs.uts.edu.au wrote:
>
> In article <6gqd85$a1f$1@nswpull.telstra.net>,
> "tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > .. wrote in message <6gpqee$soi$1@nswpull.telstra.net>...
> > >She better get her ears checked as had the rest of you!
> > >It is just not possible to get the digitised announcements on the
> > stations
> > >any clearer!
> >
> > No-one said anything about the digitised announcements on the stations,
> > I don't think anyone has a problem with them. It was the on-board train
> > announcements she told the media she couldn't understand - and neither
> > can a lot of other people - the accents are too strong and the English
> > is too poor amongst a lot of guards. CityRail needs to send them for
> > elocution lessons before the Olympics :-0
> >
> >
> Or hurry up and get digitised announcements on the trains as well...
> Guys, lighten up ... nothing like a bit of comedy on the train of an
evening ... like the time I caught the "Paris" train from Central
Station, Sydney. You know "This train goes to Paris, first stop Refen,
then Strayfeel, Granveal, Pa'ama'a, Seven Hills and all to Paris"