# The Sing-Songy Voice of Old-Fashioned Railroad Workers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sing-songy-voice-of-old-fashioned-railroad-workers/446393>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sing-songy-voice-of-old-fashioned-railroad-workers/446393 "2008-04-22T13:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sing-songy-voice-of-old-fashioned-railroad-workers/446393/21 "2008-04-28T00:01:56Z")

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I entered cucamonga in each of the search fields in succession, and there were no hits.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sing-songy-voice-of-old-fashioned-railroad-workers/446393/22 "2008-04-28T00:03:13Z")

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In the “Comments” box is where I got my two hits.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sing-songy-voice-of-old-fashioned-railroad-workers/446393/23 "2008-04-28T00:04:52Z")

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Weird. It worked this time.

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