of likely interest to NYers only
Clark Whelton
cwhelton at MINDSPRING.COM
Wed Mar 6 15:52:42 UTC 2002
Michael Newman wrote:
> Sorry for being parochial, but has anyone noticed how >the female recorded
announcer for the new "2" trains has a >pronounced (so to speak) northern
cities shift? There may >also be a light /l/ so "Next stop will be Wall
Street" >sounds >kind of incongruous, My impression is that she's >from
>Detroit, but I'm not sure.
On the "2" train I ride the recorded announcements are made by a man's
voice. Not sure what his accent is, but he pronounces "doors" ("Stand clear
of the closing doors, please") as a two-syllable word: "doe-ers."
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