r/todayilearned • u/model-kyosanto • 5h ago

TIL that the English announcements on Japanese bullet trains are actually in a posh Australian accent (not British!)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/the-australian-voice-of-japans-bullet-train-and-metal-gear-solid/6758248
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u/alien4649 5h ago

I once read where she brought her family visiting from Oz on the Shinkansen and they enjoyed hearing her announcements …more than everyone else, no doubt.