Thank you so much for the link!!

speckles, you could replace Ozzie with Brit

>>that's probably why this warning has gone the way of the routemaster...preserved only on a tiny scale <<

It's as prevalent as it ever was, where it needs to be.

There are places where you really do have to mind the gap - Bakerloo line at heffalump and castle is a case in point. I have also heard that they are getting rid of the bendy buses as everyone hates them. They could sell them to some two-bob city and give us our proper buses back.

i was referring only to the classic "MIND THE GAP" recording loop... heard in very few stations these days - embankment comes to mind but i'm sure there are a few more.

mostly replaced by a less cryptic (to foreign visitors) "please mind the gap between the carriage and the platform" or something to that effect.

An American friend of my brothers wanted to know how to get to "loogaburooga".

It took us a while to work out that she wanted Loughborough.

It is easy to do - how was I to know that the London area wasn't pronounced South Wark - that is how it is written.
Similarly I though Newark was pronounced like Noahs second boat.

It is amusing to hear, but nobody is born knowing these things, sometimes one just has to make an educated guess.

I'm from the the western part of the U.S., so to me, Houston is pronounced Hewston. My friends from NY thought I was a hick for pronouncing Houston Street in the Village as Hewston instead of House-ton. Live and learn! Travel and learn! Read these threads and learn!

Worcester in Massachusetts is pronunced Wista NOT Wooster.
My hometown, Leominster, is pronunced Lemonsta.