...to want to forcibly correct station announcers' pronunciation?

[Financeprincess]

The large station to which I commute has taken to making regular announcements, advising customers not to take big cases onto the "eskewlators".

I think you'll find that you meant escalators.

AIBU to be driven insane by this? The announcements at this station have also featured "sickth" (sixth) and "illuminous" (luminous).

AIBU to be driven insane with irritation? I suspect that I already know the answer...

Nucular, ffs. How hard can it be to say "nuclear? Presumably they can say "new clear" if asked?

Also, Jeremy Paxman, who in all other contexts is a national treasure, saying "meatryologists" for "meteorologists".

Belle careful otherwise you'll get a tired tongue and that ain't good

NewStreet in Birmingham needed a Welsh announcer.

The evening train that split in two and stopped at every single North Welsh station was a joy, the poor announcer always got in a mess.

My fave was when they said; "we are now arriving at London St Pancreas!"

Sic-th drives me insane!
I am driven to screaming ITS SIXTH at the TV!

I recall an uber-cockney District line tube driver who would announce

"All stations to Up-minister"* I loved him for it!

*station name is Upminster.

I've heard St Pancreas before. Made my day!

I'm loath to criticise anybody for mispronouncing place names though. I never got to grips with Llanfairfechan.

Lol...I live near Wales and the announcers NEVER get the Welsh place names right...."This train is calling at LAN DUDNOR" when they mean Llandudno...it's like she's tried for the correct Welsh way and it comes out all mangled.

YANBU. It is completely unasseptable.

Mac-en-lith for Machynlleth cracked me up every time.

escalators and sixth I can live with, place names annoy the hell out of me.

Where I live there are a couple of places with similarly spelled names and the trains never get the pronunciations around the right way!

Starball, Jitney a lot of the Welsh ones make me crack up

Abewistwith - Aberystwyth
Clan-dud-no - Llandudno
Penny-chain - Penychain
Betsy co-ed - Betws-Y-Coed

I once heard Pwllheli pronounced as pully-woolly-helly, and Prestatyn as "press-that-in"

Although I also laughed a lot when my very Welsh boyfriend went to Birmingham with me on the train and pronounced 'Smethwick' the way it's spelled... with emphasis on the "w". And Wednesbury as Wed-nes-bury.