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« on: December 11, 2023, 20:39:56 »
Someone on my NextDoor neighbourhood forum has just remarked on this,and someone found it "mildly interesting" eight years ago on Reddit. Any suggestions why?
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2023, 20:42:55 »
Probably chosen by the same person who ordained JNR for January.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2023, 21:09:58 »
JNR FBY MCH APR MAY JUN JLY AUG SEP OCT NOV DMR

MCH rather than MAY to avoid MAR/MAY confusion on worn tickets
JLY rather than JUN for JUN/JUL reasons

Others ... I am looking for excuses for them

I can tell you why it's PAR* and not PAR on tickets
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2023, 23:22:49 »
Non standard abbreviations for some of the months are used to make it harder to fraudulently alter a ticket. That's what Wikipedia says.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/APTIS_ticket_features
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2023, 06:59:15 »
and don't get confused between

Torquay and Turkey

Baff in Somerset with Bough in Humberside

Gillingham in Kent and Gillingham in Dorset

Strood in Kent and Stroud in Gloucestershire
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2023, 08:16:48 »
Years ago, I was behind a young man at the Waterloo ticket office who was asking for a ticket to Haslemere. He suddenly realised he wanted to go to Hazlemere in Buckinghamshire, which doesn't have a station ...
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2023, 09:30:56 »
HPE to HOP is a good one.

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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2023, 09:42:07 »
Possibly done by the same individual who thought changing the PIS▸ (Passenger Information System) output for LYC from Lympstone Cmdo to Lympstone Comma was a really good idea.  Huh
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