Pygmania

Jill Dillard (née Duggar) recently birthed her first child, a boy named Israel David Duggar. Emma conscientiously shared the happy news and requested my opinion on this name choice. I really had no comment on the matter. My only form of response was to begin speculation on what Israel's little brothers and sisters will be called; in the course of making my list of name possibilities, it struck me that such content truly ought to be housed on vospymies rather than hidden in an email thread... predicted + suggested given names for future babies of the Dillard variety [  f   m n  ] : predicted: suggested: irish ;  ireland innuit indiana imagine infinity identity independence isabella isaac isaiah/isaias ian ida ivy; ivory isadora iris ice-cream i nferno india immigrant icon impulse irregardless implication itchy iGod ...

What follows is an impressive catalog of departure sounds and next-station announcements of subway systems around the world.  Courtesy: mic-ro.com/metro/table.html © 2004-2015 metrobits.org Amsterdam An electronic "ding-dong" signal. There is also a "ding" and in a pre-recorded voice the next station name. At the terminus, the voice says "Endpunt". Ankara "Booop! Ding-dang" sound when the doors close. Athens There is a series of beeps that starts when the doors start closing and stops when they are closed. Then when a train reaches the next station there is a ding-dong and a station announcement in both Greek and English (English added for the 2004 Olympics). Lines 2 and 3: There is a continuous beep when the doors start closing until they are closed. Atlanta The MARTA subway in Atlanta has a 1 kHz beep going off four times on the newer trains, like: "boop-BOOP-BOOP-BOOP". The old trains have a loud "PONG". ...