Luas....the James' Hospital stop

nikolaitr · 22-11-2006 3:56pm #1

When the Luas on the Red Line gets to St.James' Hospital. The woman's voice over the speakers say

"St.James'- a light for St.James Hospital"

What does this mean? Am I mishearing it?

super_furry · 22-11-2006 3:57pm

Alight - it means to get off. So they're saying get off here for St James'

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2006 3:57pm

a·light 1 Pronunciation (-lt)
intr.v. a·light·ed or a·lit (-lt), a·light·ing, a·lights
1. To come down and settle, as after flight: a sparrow alighting on a branch.
2. To get down, as from a vehicle; dismount: The queen alighted from the carriage.
3. To come by chance: alight on a happy solution.

BossArky · 22-11-2006 4:03pm

nikolaitr wrote:

When the Luas on the Red Line gets to St.James' Hospital. The woman's voice over the speakers say

"St.James'- a light for St.James Hospital"

What does this mean? Am I mishearing it?

Obviously one of the patients was outside an in need of a light for their smoke. I presume the Luas driver was just being helpful.

MarkR · 22-11-2006 4:13pm

New word for today. Yay! Not a common word over here though.

CiaranC · 22-11-2006 4:15pm

Over where? Its an English word.

MarkR · 22-11-2006 4:25pm

CiaranC wrote:

Over where? Its an English word.

Not a commonly used phrase. Here. In Ireland. I heard it before, assumed it was when I was living in the states.

(I was trying to make it less embarrassing for the OP - You ruined it!)

Edit - It seems that CiaranC has retracted him comment. Ah hell, nothing inflammatory - let it stay!

Victor · 22-11-2006 6:41pm

London used to have buses with front and rear loading. The sign said "Passengers alight at both ends". :eek:

CiaranC · 22-11-2006 6:49pm

It seems that CiaranC has retracted him comment

I think it was deleted by a moderator or something, there was 15 replies in this thread last I looked.

KTRIC · 22-11-2006 9:30pm

It must confuse the F*ck out of the people on the red-line. That tram is like a mobile drug superstore.

monkeyfudge · 23-11-2006 2:40am

They should really ask passengers to 'detram'

feylya · 23-11-2006 2:42am

Wha abou de ****in tram?

Ruu_Old · 23-11-2006 2:22pm

Moved from AH by request.

Victor · 23-11-2006 3:05pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

They should really ask passengers to 'detram'

In the Army, the phrase to get out of a truck, APC, etc. is to "de-bus". One of the lads said there was modest confusion when one day they actually used a hired-in Dublin Bus bus. Is it then "de-bus" or "de-truck"?

gobdaw · 23-11-2006 3:59pm

If we're being all pedantic, the hospital name is " St. James's" strangely enought!

monkeyfudge · 23-11-2006 4:04pm

gobdaw wrote:

If we're being all pedantic, the hospital name is " St. James's" strangely enought!

This is true. A common mistake... I'm sure it's taught wrong in schools.

corktina · 23-11-2006 4:05pm

a peculiar Irishism....st jameses.or st james' presumably would do too.........i do like de-tram though....

just as an aside apropos nothing, my daughter lives in sight of that stop and the "works" in the hospital (mediacl student)...never saw the abhorant apostrophy before!...(if thats spelt wrong , I did it on purpose to see if anyone spotted it...)

****e..it's all spelt wrong...too many eroors,to correst , i'm leaving it....):D

monkeyfudge · 23-11-2006 4:20pm

No.. St. James's is correct. It would only be St. James' if there was more than one St. James.

(Is this going to be moved to another forum again?)

Victor · 23-11-2006 4:38pm

English? Speel Czechs?

TwoShedsJackson · 23-11-2006 4:41pm

There are two announcements on the Red Line that annoy me: Busaras, which is pronounced 'Booosaras' for some reason by that bint.

And Kylemore, which is announced as a 'commuter bus interchange'. Now the impression you get off this is that there's a big gleaming bus station chock full of buses waiting to whisk you to Crumlin or Ballyfermot.

What they don't mention is they mean the 18 bus route, which goes about every thirty minutes most of the time and there isn't even a stop within a few hundred feet of Kylemore that I can think of.

Hal1 · 23-11-2006 5:23pm

Have they added any more carriges to the luas?. God I hated the luas when I had to use it, most of the time it was packed, especially in the evenings. The smell of some people (yes, we all smell but some people dont wash :rolleyes:)and your lucky if you get a seat. I threw up on it going home one night after a few drinkes, there was a girl beside me and I never seen anyone jump out of their seat as quickly as she did.

p.s. That James's stop is the worst and Heuston.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 23-11-2006 5:28pm

My favourite announcement is the one for St Stephen's Green at the end of the green line:

"Change her for the Aircoach airport service"
The damn thing is terminating, missus. We're all changing wherever we want to go.

Alun · 23-11-2006 5:34pm

Hal1 wrote:

The smell of some people (yes, we all smell but some people dont wash :rolleyes:)and your lucky if you get a seat. I threw up on it going home one night after a few drinkes, there was a girl beside me and I never seen anyone jump out of their seat as quickly as she did.

You're giving out about people who smell a bit, and then admit to nearly throwing up over someone

Bad case of double standards going on there.

Victor · 23-11-2006 5:43pm

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

"Change her for the Aircoach airport service"

You mean she looks like the back of a coach?

Hal1 wrote:

The smell of some people (yes, we all smell but some people dont wash :rolleyes:)and your lucky if you get a seat. I threw up on it going home one night after a few drinkes, there was a girl beside me and I never seen anyone jump out of their seat as quickly as she did.

Don't you think there was a smell from your vomit?

Hal1 · 23-11-2006 5:48pm

Victor wrote:

You mean she looks like the back of a coach? ;)Don't you think there was a smell from your vomit?

Yeah, but my vomiting was not a daily accurance.

AlekSmart · 23-11-2006 6:07pm

Them London Busez also used to have signs requesting that "Passengers refrain from Expectorating"
This of course was in the days when one could smoke or chew Tobacco products legally in the Upper Saloon of an Omnibus

europerson · 24-11-2006 8:17am

Disembark > Alight

A quote from Stena Line: "We are now going to begin disembarkation." I nearly exploded laughing. It's a ridiculous word.

Alun · 24-11-2006 10:29am

europerson wrote:

Disembark > Alight

A quote from Stena Line: "We are now going to begin disembarkation." I nearly exploded laughing. It's a ridiculous word.

No it's not, it's a perfectly acceptable word, especially when referring to ships and boats, that at least is in the dictionary, unlike modern abominations like "detrain" and "deplane". What would you prefer .. "deboating"?

europerson · 24-11-2006 11:41am

Alun wrote:

No it's not, it's a perfectly acceptable word, especially when referring to ships and boats, that at least is in the dictionary,

I know it's a real word: it's just rather verbose, I find.

unlike modern abominations like "detrain" and "deplane". What would you prefer .. "deboating"?

Thankfully, I've never heard those terms being used.

Victor · 24-11-2006 2:49pm

Alun wrote:

No it's not, it's a perfectly acceptable word, especially when referring to ships and boats, that at least is in the dictionary, unlike modern abominations like "detrain" and "deplane". What would you prefer .. "deboating"?

No, it would be de-shipping(sp?). Boats are small and have little accommodation. Ships, which Stena use, are big and have lots of accommodation.

Luas....the James' Hospital stop

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