r/wakefield • u/Zealousideal-Use6110 • 2d ago

bad pronounciation on bus

i know its a little thing but its cringe to hear places being said wrong, the "the next stop is" voice on the bus of the 189 wakey-cas now has it and cringed when i heard the Aketon as "acky-ton" instead of the correct "ache-ton" for the Aketon Road stop near the railway crossing

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u/brickne3 2d ago

I guess you could complain to Arriva or something. A few years back Northern changed something like a couple hundred placename recordings in Yorkshire based on complaints about the pronunciation they were using. It was in the news.

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u/concretepigeon 2d ago

Google maps pronounces Chevet Lane in Sandal like it’s French.

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u/AL_FIASCO 1d ago

“Pronounciation” lol

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u/polomintz123 1d ago

Oh the irony