Next Stop Announcments

[JahiemOnABus]

Don't think they have, tell me why 6813 has NSA for the 12 when I went on it on 05/12/2024

Bro how u gonna tell me when I take the routes regularly. Genuinely all WB routes atm besides 82 and 87 don't have working nsa they display national express with numbers 

[MSU2008]

Bro how u gonna tell me when I take the routes regularly. Genuinely all WB routes atm besides 82 and 87 don't have working nsa they display national express with numbers

Sure mate so do I, and on some of them they do have NSA. But nevermind, I don't want to cause an arguement so I'll agree with you

[frostjay974]

Disagree with that on certain buses they do have NSA for other routes such as the 80, 12A and 12. 

I use the 12s/13s regularly and haven't had any announcements on them for weeks. 

[frostjay974]

Don't think they have, tell me why 6813 has NSA for the 12 when I went on it on 05/12/2024

According to bustimes, 6813 was on the 80 all day on the 5th Dec. 

[Justin Tyme]

Which says it all. If you're basing the correct pronunciation on how the younger generation say it, then it's almost certain to be wrong. I've honestly never heard of half the terms my teenage kids use.

Agreed! As a Solihull resident myself I think I know how most locals pronounce it.

[BBS]

Agreed! As a Solihull resident myself I think I know how most locals pronounce it.

So you pronounce it as SOH-LEE-HULL

[MSU2008]

According to bustimes, 6813 was on the 80 all day on the 5th Dec.

Bruv did I ask you, I meant the 4th and anyways on certain buses the NSA works.
I said to the guy who I was having the conversation with I said I'll agree with him as I don't want to cause an arguement. You are just furthering the conversation to try and start an arguement for a conversation you were never involved in.

[Justin Tyme]

So you pronounce it as SOH-LEE-HULL

Yes, I do.

I've searched the web for backing on this. Some years back there was an advert promoting the town which went "So-lihull: the difference is pronounced". Can I find it online now? No.

But the site www.emmasaying.com does get the pronunciation right.

I guess I'd better leave it there before I'm criticised for going off too much off subject.  And anyway I don't get worked up about it!

[frostjay974]

Bruv did I ask you, I meant the 4th and anyways on certain buses the NSA works.
I said to the guy who I was having the conversation with I said I'll agree with him as I don't want to cause an arguement. You are just furthering the conversation to try and start an arguement for a conversation you were never involved in.

I wasn't trying to start an argument I was just stating an observation that is relevant to this topic if anything you are the one who is coming across as confrontational and also this is a public forum. 

[Stu]

Bruv did I ask you, I meant the 4th and anyways on certain buses the NSA works.
I said to the guy who I was having the conversation with I said I'll agree with him as I don't want to cause an arguement. You are just furthering the conversation to try and start an arguement for a conversation you were never involved in.

Bro how u gonna tell me when I take the routes regularly. Genuinely all WB routes atm besides 82 and 87 don't have working nsa they display national express with numbers

I wasn't trying to start an argument I was just stating an observation that is relevant to this topic if anything you are the one who is coming across as confrontational and also this is a public forum. 

Gentlemen, tis the season of goodwill to all men so lets put an end to this pointless bickering now.

[jasmine]

heard the new nsa for the first time on the "one zero one" today, it's godawful* lol

*i'm not saying it should be replaced or dismissing why it was changed, just stating that the voice doesn't sound nice to me

[BBS]

heard the new nsa for the first time on the "one zero one" today, it's godawful* lol

*i'm not saying it should be replaced or dismissing why it was changed, just stating that the voice doesn't sound nice to me

Lets be honest, does anyone even like it 

[Stu]

Similarly pedants will say it's not an Oh. I agree it doesn't sound right,  but it's a no win. Perhaps the service number needs changing 

heard the new nsa for the first time on the "one zero one" today, it's godawful* lol

I know there's no 'definitive authority' on how route numbers should be pronounced, so what follows is just my opinion.

I've always known it that route numbers under 100 were just pronounced as they are, eg 16 = "sixteen" or 49 = "forty-nine".

Over 100, it was accepted to pronounce the numbers individually, like 126 ="one-two-six", or 229 = "two-two-nine". There were odd exceptions though, like the old 120 was the "one-twenty", rather than the "one-two-oh". And yes, I think most people would pronounce a 0 in a route number as "oh" rather than "zero".

"Nine-oh-seven" seems to flow more naturally when spoken, as opposed to "nine-zero-seven".

As a comparison, let us not forget that secret agent James Bond 007 was "double-oh-seven" after all, not "double-zero-seven" or even "zero-zero-seven"!

[darthdc]

My dad and brother were on the 50 the other day, and the pronounciation of Alcester Street was like Aster Street. Was happy with the female voice that pronounced it as us Brummies say it All-ses-ter.

Rea Street is no longer a stop, so no mispronounciation there.

[Stu]

My dad and brother were on the 50 the other day, and the pronounciation of Alcester Street was like Aster Street. Was happy with the female voice that pronounced it as us Brummies say it All-ses-ter.

Rea Street is no longer a stop, so no mispronounciation there.

That's a debatable one to be honest. Thinking about other place names that end in -cester and their pronunciation, like Worcester ("Wooster"), Gloucester ("Glosster") and Leicester ("Lesster"), that would be correct, Alcester = "Allster".

Or maybe its just me!