"Not part of company policy...." Topic
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| GarrisonMiniatures | 10 Mar 2013 9:47 a.m. PST |
But it should. Well done to that announcer; link (Trains are travel, couldn't tink where else to put it!) |
| Streitax | 10 Mar 2013 11:56 a.m. PST |
It's not policy, but it should be. Where's the Cone of Silence when you really need it? |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 Mar 2013 11:57 a.m. PST |
Tannoy must be a Britishism… |
| Rrobbyrobot | 10 Mar 2013 12:04 p.m. PST |
I've seen the term used when refering to what we call intercom. You know, that habit the Brits have of naming things after those who invent a thing. Kind of charming, if not always descriptive. |
 Parzival  | 10 Mar 2013 12:17 p.m. PST |
At first I thought "tannoy" was some sort of typo, either with the writer attempting to say "to annoy" or being truly muddled while going for "announce."
So a "tannoy" is an intercom. Interesting and rather appropriate (as "to annoy" certainly seems a common use for intercom systems). |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 10 Mar 2013 12:56 p.m. PST |
A tannoy system is an intercom system. Main characteristics loud and no-one can understand what is being said over the things. |
 20thmaine | 10 Mar 2013 3:10 p.m. PST |
"Network Rail would like to apologise to passengers awaiting the 15:45 train this has been delayed for three hours due to unavoidable hfngurgle-squawk-gurgle and by squawk-yurgle-nurgle on the line in the vicinity of Reading." |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 10 Mar 2013 3:47 p.m. PST |
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| Buff Orpington | 11 Mar 2013 3:14 a.m. PST |
Tannoy is to public address systems as Hoover is to vacuum cleaners. |
| Cerdic | 11 Mar 2013 4:50 a.m. PST |
No, no, no! An intercom has an element of two-way communication. That's what the 'inter' bit means. A tannoy is like a glorified loudhailer…. |
| stenicplus | 11 Mar 2013 5:11 a.m. PST |
Apparently (so says wiki) the company are prone to writing cease and desist letters (in the same manner that GW do ) to organisations that use the terms 'tannoy' to protect their trademark. |
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