Announcements POLL: Who is better, Phil Sayer or Digital Doris?

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Re: Announcements POLL: Who is better, Phil Sayer or Digital Doris?

« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2009, 17:42:06 »

Quote from: inspector_blakey on February 11, 2009, 09:29:48

There are definitely at least three Dorises in the FGW^▸ area. Ex-Thames stations e.g. Oxford have a very posh lady doing the recorded announcements (although it has to be said that neither she, nor the departure screens are working about 50% of the time).

Ex Wessex trains and stations (along with the English announcements in Wales) are made by Doris no. 2, who sounds a bit younger and speaks very clearly but always sounds to me as if she has a vaguely sarcastic edge to her voice!

Doris no 3 is the one at some stations that were run by the "old" FGW before 2006, e.g. Bath, Bristol, Reading (although in some places she does a double act with digital Dave!)

Yeah Doris no 2 I DO NOT like at all... sounds so so false.

I know what you mean devonian about Doris#1 saying Leeeeeeeeeeeds.

OK this is getting a bit weird now Grin


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Re: Announcements POLL: Who is better, Phil Sayer or Digital Doris?

« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2009, 21:16:47 »

Wessex Doris says "BedMINsta" instead of BEDminster, or indeed Bemmy Grin


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Justice for Cerys Piper and Theo Griffiths please!

Re: Announcements POLL: Who is better, Phil Sayer or Digital Doris?

« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2009, 21:28:51 »

Probably about a month ago now, our excellent 'live' platform announcer at Bristol Temple Meads was heard to say, quite clearly, "The next service from platform 4 will be the 1754 to Taunton, calling at Bemmy, Parson Street, Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton, ..."

He made it all sound so natural, I'm sure many of the non-locals probably wouldn't even have noticed - but we regular commuters did - and exchanged grins! Grin


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Re: Announcements POLL: Who is better, Phil Sayer or Digital Doris?

« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2009, 22:01:08 »

Dunno 'oo does 'em in Wales but 's not either of them.


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