-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave F. wrote: > Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I've just opened a bug in navit about the pronunciation of UK road >> numbers when giving directions. >> >> These are the rules I have worked out. Can anyone think of cases where >> the results of these rules sound wrong? >> >> * Always use a long A pronounciation - i.e. rhymes with Hay, not like >> in cat. >> * Zeros are usually pronounced "Oh" (although that is possibly a matter >> of preference) > > The 'oh' has long been a bugbear of mine. 'Oh' is the phonetic of a > letter not a numeral.
I agree that it's kind of wrong, but it is what is generally used in road numbers, probably because it saves a syllable. > How do your rules compare with the BBC travels announcements? Listening to the latest report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/bulletins/ it all agreed with my rules, until he said: "A Ten Sixty five" So maybe 4 digit numbers with the second digit 0 should be read as 2 halves? Although listening to http://www.trafficradio.org.uk/ They just said "B four oh seven oh", which doesn't follow the above rule (either way sounds right to me & I think we should have less rules, not more). Both stations said "A four oh four", not "A four zero four". Robert (Jamie) Munro -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuRKzIACgkQz+aYVHdncI2u/gCfU/wwcNf9/zcYr/aS38Xl01by Uy8An0unkOPQpS2kJZuTOYGuU62iPcEA =hYLt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
