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You are a foreigner with heavy accent living in the UK. If you want to be polite getting off public transport, you can say a number and a letter to the driver.
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Which number and which letter?







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F U N E X? C V F X. M N X 4 1. T?
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F U N E X? C V F X. M N X 4 1. T?
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"10 Q" = "ten cue" > "tenc ue" sounds like "thank you" for some accents.







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    And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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    Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
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    Nov 26 at 14:41








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    And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
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  • @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
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In a very similar vein to WAF’s answer, you can also say




3Q, assuming you are not just any foreigner, but specifically a Chinese or Japanese foreigner.


This is in fact a very common way of writing ‘thank you’ in textspeak in both languages. The number three is 三 sān in Mandarin (and san in Japanese, which borrowed it from Chinese), and the name of the letter Q is borrowed from and pronounced as in English. Chinese and Japanese both lack interdental sounds, so /θ/ usually gets substituted for /s/, and syllables can only end in one consonant (a nasal). Put together, thank you ends up sounding like san kyu when pronounced by most Chinese or Japanese speakers.







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  • Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
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    Nov 25 at 22:02






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    @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Nov 25 at 22:05








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    Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
    – tmgr
    Nov 25 at 22:10






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    @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Nov 25 at 22:11










  • Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
    – Ben Sandeen
    Nov 26 at 18:38


















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If you really want to show your appreciation, you could always give the driver a




Ten A. A ten pound note is popularly called a "tenner", and in London and much of the South is pronounced "ten-ah".







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    Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
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  • That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
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    Nov 25 at 20:51








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    ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
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probably the answer should be combination of the above answers.
10Q M8







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    You could give the driver a




    M 8 - Said together these sound like "Mate"







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      Not sure how polite, but 0 and i (0 pronounced O, and i as in the imaginary/complex number). Oi!







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        If you speak Belorussian, Russian or Ukrainian and notice the driver is about to miss your stop, you may end up yelling




        100P! /sto p/




        Not very polite but straight to the point.



        If you speak Japanese and thought the bus ride was the best thing ever, you'll probably throw up the horns and shout




        U6! /juː roku/ (though a much more neutral 1000Q /sẽ̞ɴ kjuː/ would work, too)




        If you are French, you may choose not to go to either of these extremes and settle on




        5U /sɛ̃k ju:/







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          "10 Q" = "ten cue" > "tenc ue" sounds like "thank you" for some accents.







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            And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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            Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
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            And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
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          • @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
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          "10 Q" = "ten cue" > "tenc ue" sounds like "thank you" for some accents.







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            And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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            Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
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            And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
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          • @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
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            And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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            Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
            – WAF
            Nov 26 at 14:41








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            And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
            – nl-x
            Nov 26 at 15:05










          • @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 29 at 6:46














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            And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
            – Kruga
            Nov 26 at 12:03






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            Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
            – WAF
            Nov 26 at 14:41








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            And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
            – nl-x
            Nov 26 at 15:05










          • @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 29 at 6:46








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          And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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          And if you don't care about being polite you can say 4Q
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          Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
          – WAF
          Nov 26 at 14:41






          Why is this, of all answers, getting so many upvotes? I'm not complaining, just noticing that it is a strange one to attract that much positive attention. My answer is not as interesting as @JanusBahsJacquet's.
          – WAF
          Nov 26 at 14:41






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          And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
          – nl-x
          Nov 26 at 15:05




          And when getting on you can say L0. (pronounced Ell-ow)
          – nl-x
          Nov 26 at 15:05












          @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 29 at 6:46




          @WAF Yours was the first answer and already about ten upvotes when I wrote mine; top answer privilege is very much a thing. People read and upvote the first answer, then lose interest and move on.
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 29 at 6:46










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          In a very similar vein to WAF’s answer, you can also say




          3Q, assuming you are not just any foreigner, but specifically a Chinese or Japanese foreigner.


          This is in fact a very common way of writing ‘thank you’ in textspeak in both languages. The number three is 三 sān in Mandarin (and san in Japanese, which borrowed it from Chinese), and the name of the letter Q is borrowed from and pronounced as in English. Chinese and Japanese both lack interdental sounds, so /θ/ usually gets substituted for /s/, and syllables can only end in one consonant (a nasal). Put together, thank you ends up sounding like san kyu when pronounced by most Chinese or Japanese speakers.







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          • Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:02






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            @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:05








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            Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:10






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            @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:11










          • Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
            – Ben Sandeen
            Nov 26 at 18:38















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          In a very similar vein to WAF’s answer, you can also say




          3Q, assuming you are not just any foreigner, but specifically a Chinese or Japanese foreigner.


          This is in fact a very common way of writing ‘thank you’ in textspeak in both languages. The number three is 三 sān in Mandarin (and san in Japanese, which borrowed it from Chinese), and the name of the letter Q is borrowed from and pronounced as in English. Chinese and Japanese both lack interdental sounds, so /θ/ usually gets substituted for /s/, and syllables can only end in one consonant (a nasal). Put together, thank you ends up sounding like san kyu when pronounced by most Chinese or Japanese speakers.







          share|improve this answer























          • Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:02






          • 1




            @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:05








          • 1




            Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:10






          • 1




            @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:11










          • Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
            – Ben Sandeen
            Nov 26 at 18:38













          up vote
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          up vote
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          In a very similar vein to WAF’s answer, you can also say




          3Q, assuming you are not just any foreigner, but specifically a Chinese or Japanese foreigner.


          This is in fact a very common way of writing ‘thank you’ in textspeak in both languages. The number three is 三 sān in Mandarin (and san in Japanese, which borrowed it from Chinese), and the name of the letter Q is borrowed from and pronounced as in English. Chinese and Japanese both lack interdental sounds, so /θ/ usually gets substituted for /s/, and syllables can only end in one consonant (a nasal). Put together, thank you ends up sounding like san kyu when pronounced by most Chinese or Japanese speakers.







          share|improve this answer














          In a very similar vein to WAF’s answer, you can also say




          3Q, assuming you are not just any foreigner, but specifically a Chinese or Japanese foreigner.


          This is in fact a very common way of writing ‘thank you’ in textspeak in both languages. The number three is 三 sān in Mandarin (and san in Japanese, which borrowed it from Chinese), and the name of the letter Q is borrowed from and pronounced as in English. Chinese and Japanese both lack interdental sounds, so /θ/ usually gets substituted for /s/, and syllables can only end in one consonant (a nasal). Put together, thank you ends up sounding like san kyu when pronounced by most Chinese or Japanese speakers.








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          • Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:02






          • 1




            @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:05








          • 1




            Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:10






          • 1




            @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:11










          • Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
            – Ben Sandeen
            Nov 26 at 18:38


















          • Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:02






          • 1




            @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:05








          • 1




            Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
            – tmgr
            Nov 25 at 22:10






          • 1




            @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 22:11










          • Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
            – Ben Sandeen
            Nov 26 at 18:38
















          Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
          – tmgr
          Nov 25 at 22:02




          Ha. I was going to give the same answer... but saying a Japanese foreigner. +1
          – tmgr
          Nov 25 at 22:02




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          @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 22:05






          @tmgr Do you know, I never thought about that before, but it’s just as likely in Japanese now that you mention it – more likely, in fact, since /kjuː/ is a valid syllable in Japanese, which it isn’t in Mandarin. So even as said by Chinese people, it’s not entirely phonotactically possible in Chinese as such, whereas it would be in Japanese. Answer edited!
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 22:05






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          Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
          – tmgr
          Nov 25 at 22:10




          Mandarin's outside my bailiwick but I did think it looked a rather Japanesey transliteration. As you probably know, 3Q is also used in Japanese text speech.... and I think I've seen both 三九 and 三級. But now we're well off-topic!
          – tmgr
          Nov 25 at 22:10




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          @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 22:11




          @tmgr Thanks for that – Japanese is far enough outside my bailiwick that I’m not familiar with its textspeak; good to have corroboration that it’s used there too!
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 22:11












          Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
          – Ben Sandeen
          Nov 26 at 18:38




          Just a bit of additional info: based on my extensive Japanese research (i.e., watching lots of anime), "sankyuu" is also acceptable in informal Japanese
          – Ben Sandeen
          Nov 26 at 18:38










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          If you really want to show your appreciation, you could always give the driver a




          Ten A. A ten pound note is popularly called a "tenner", and in London and much of the South is pronounced "ten-ah".







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            Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 20:37










          • That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
            – Graham
            Nov 25 at 20:51








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            ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
            – Tharglet Asimis
            Nov 26 at 10:04















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          If you really want to show your appreciation, you could always give the driver a




          Ten A. A ten pound note is popularly called a "tenner", and in London and much of the South is pronounced "ten-ah".







          share|improve this answer

















          • 2




            Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 20:37










          • That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
            – Graham
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            ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
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          If you really want to show your appreciation, you could always give the driver a




          Ten A. A ten pound note is popularly called a "tenner", and in London and much of the South is pronounced "ten-ah".







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          If you really want to show your appreciation, you could always give the driver a




          Ten A. A ten pound note is popularly called a "tenner", and in London and much of the South is pronounced "ten-ah".








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          answered Nov 25 at 20:17









          Graham

          39614




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            Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
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          • That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
            – Graham
            Nov 25 at 20:51








          • 2




            ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
            – Tharglet Asimis
            Nov 26 at 10:04














          • 2




            Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
            – Janus Bahs Jacquet
            Nov 25 at 20:37










          • That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
            – Graham
            Nov 25 at 20:51








          • 2




            ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
            – Tharglet Asimis
            Nov 26 at 10:04








          2




          2




          Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 20:37




          Considering this is about the UK, which is mostly non-rhotic, R might even be a better option here.
          – Janus Bahs Jacquet
          Nov 25 at 20:37












          That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
          – Graham
          Nov 25 at 20:51






          That'd work too - good point. And of course the number 5 would work as well.
          – Graham
          Nov 25 at 20:51






          2




          2




          ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
          – Tharglet Asimis
          Nov 26 at 10:04




          ... I don't think you've ever tried giving a bus driver a tenner. Congratulations if you get anything that isn't a scowl/grump.
          – Tharglet Asimis
          Nov 26 at 10:04










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          probably the answer should be combination of the above answers.
          10Q M8







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            probably the answer should be combination of the above answers.
            10Q M8







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              up vote
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              probably the answer should be combination of the above answers.
              10Q M8







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              probably the answer should be combination of the above answers.
              10Q M8








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              answered Nov 26 at 11:51









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                  You could give the driver a




                  M 8 - Said together these sound like "Mate"







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                    You could give the driver a




                    M 8 - Said together these sound like "Mate"







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                      up vote
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                      You could give the driver a




                      M 8 - Said together these sound like "Mate"







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                      You could give the driver a




                      M 8 - Said together these sound like "Mate"








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                      answered Nov 26 at 11:45









                      Josh

                      1892




                      1892






















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                          Not sure how polite, but 0 and i (0 pronounced O, and i as in the imaginary/complex number). Oi!







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                            Not sure how polite, but 0 and i (0 pronounced O, and i as in the imaginary/complex number). Oi!







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                              up vote
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                              up vote
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                              Not sure how polite, but 0 and i (0 pronounced O, and i as in the imaginary/complex number). Oi!







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                              Not sure how polite, but 0 and i (0 pronounced O, and i as in the imaginary/complex number). Oi!








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                                  If you speak Belorussian, Russian or Ukrainian and notice the driver is about to miss your stop, you may end up yelling




                                  100P! /sto p/




                                  Not very polite but straight to the point.



                                  If you speak Japanese and thought the bus ride was the best thing ever, you'll probably throw up the horns and shout




                                  U6! /juː roku/ (though a much more neutral 1000Q /sẽ̞ɴ kjuː/ would work, too)




                                  If you are French, you may choose not to go to either of these extremes and settle on




                                  5U /sɛ̃k ju:/







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                                    If you speak Belorussian, Russian or Ukrainian and notice the driver is about to miss your stop, you may end up yelling




                                    100P! /sto p/




                                    Not very polite but straight to the point.



                                    If you speak Japanese and thought the bus ride was the best thing ever, you'll probably throw up the horns and shout




                                    U6! /juː roku/ (though a much more neutral 1000Q /sẽ̞ɴ kjuː/ would work, too)




                                    If you are French, you may choose not to go to either of these extremes and settle on




                                    5U /sɛ̃k ju:/







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                                      up vote
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                                      up vote
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                                      If you speak Belorussian, Russian or Ukrainian and notice the driver is about to miss your stop, you may end up yelling




                                      100P! /sto p/




                                      Not very polite but straight to the point.



                                      If you speak Japanese and thought the bus ride was the best thing ever, you'll probably throw up the horns and shout




                                      U6! /juː roku/ (though a much more neutral 1000Q /sẽ̞ɴ kjuː/ would work, too)




                                      If you are French, you may choose not to go to either of these extremes and settle on




                                      5U /sɛ̃k ju:/







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                                      If you speak Belorussian, Russian or Ukrainian and notice the driver is about to miss your stop, you may end up yelling




                                      100P! /sto p/




                                      Not very polite but straight to the point.



                                      If you speak Japanese and thought the bus ride was the best thing ever, you'll probably throw up the horns and shout




                                      U6! /juː roku/ (though a much more neutral 1000Q /sẽ̞ɴ kjuː/ would work, too)




                                      If you are French, you may choose not to go to either of these extremes and settle on




                                      5U /sɛ̃k ju:/








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