On a side note, if you ever get on a bus in the middle of the day to Cosham from Portchester and witness the torrents of elderly women who get on the bus, every single person over 65 will, without fail, ask for a ticket to "Cozzum".
Also, I need to tell you about some IDIOT of a drunken teenager I witnessed outside the Wedge on Wednesday night. It was hilarious.
I have both a train story, and a pronounciation story. I'm topical!
When I was traveling years and years ago, one of my stops was in Paris. The train hub there was massive compared to all my other stops, and frankly the sheer amount of signs and foreign overhead anouncements made me even more lost.
I went to the Information Desk when I had the following exchange:
Okay, I didn't actually say the last part out loud, but I was thinking it. And it was true. It was such a subtle shift in pronounciation that she was just being a douche because I was a foreigner.
I did end up getting my ticket and got the BRUXelle just fine, so all was well.
Hey I get off at Emsworth every day. You know that it tells you about the coach number because some stations have short platforms, right? A few weeks ago some guy got on the train with his greyhounds and they didn't stop running around/sitting next to people in the spare seats and staring at them/getting under your feet until he left again. Fun stuff!
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Also, I need to tell you about some IDIOT of a drunken teenager I witnessed outside the Wedge on Wednesday night. It was hilarious.
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When I was traveling years and years ago, one of my stops was in Paris. The train hub there was massive compared to all my other stops, and frankly the sheer amount of signs and foreign overhead anouncements made me even more lost.
I went to the Information Desk when I had the following exchange:
Ottr: "Ah, bon jour. Ticket...To Brussel?"
Lady: "Ne pas?"
Ottr: "Umm. Brussel? Train?"
Lady: "Non comprennent."
Ottr: *pulls out map and points* "Brussel?"
Lady: "Ahhhhhh. BRUXelle"
Ottr: "Cunt! You know understood me!"
Okay, I didn't actually say the last part out loud, but I was thinking it. And it was true. It was such a subtle shift in pronounciation that she was just being a douche because I was a foreigner.
I did end up getting my ticket and got the BRUXelle just fine, so all was well.
The end! :D
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