http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/02/28/next_stop_helsinki Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/02/28/next_stop_helsinki#comment-484 Old Pickler Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:50:21 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2008/02/28/next_stop_helsinki#comment-484 The announcements on the Northern Line are in an absurdly posh voice, by a female version of Brian Sewell. She pronounces "Highgate" as "Heygit" and Mornington Crescent, irritatingly, as "Mornington Crezzent". The announcements on the Northern Line are in an absurdly posh voice, by a female version of Brian Sewell. She pronounces “Highgate” as “Heygit” and Mornington Crescent, irritatingly, as “Mornington Crezzent”.

]]> http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/02/28/next_stop_helsinki#comment-483 JDsg Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:34:50 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2008/02/28/next_stop_helsinki#comment-483 You guys <i>are</i> behind the times. ;) When I lived in Korea (2001-2), all the city buses there announced the next stop. Singapore buses don't necessarily announce the next stop, but there's often a digital display that tells what the next stop is. You guys are behind the times. ;) When I lived in Korea (2001-2), all the city buses there announced the next stop. Singapore buses don’t necessarily announce the next stop, but there’s often a digital display that tells what the next stop is.

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