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DID I hear wrongly, or did the new announcer on the MRT train actually say, 'Door are closing'? And did she call Braddell Station 'Bladel'?
This, surely, is the most atrocious-sounding announcer in the history of the MRT. Her manner of speaking is neither English nor Singlish. Nor is it American, Australian, Indian English, Hong Kong English...
It is funny English. Bad enough that we sometimes hear such English in department stores. Now we hear it on public trains as well.
Some of the previous MRT announcers were actually quite good. They sounded like Singaporeans who speak English well, which is how it should be. Why was there a need to replace them?
Richard Seah Siew Sai
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