Mind the GAP

Please mind the gap (beep, beep, beep)
Please mind the gap (beep, beep, beep)
Please mind the gap (beep, beep, beep)
Please mind the gap (beep, beep, beep)
Please mind the gap (beep, beep, beep)
Please mind the platform gap (beep, beep, beep)

Coincidentally, soon after the announcement that Banana Republic and GAP are going to set up shop in Singapore, the inclusion of platform was heard on the MRT.

Maybe SMRT didn't want to subconsciously plug for the American brand. But platform gap and GAP both have a word in common leh.

Maybe there is a need to research for a replacement word for gap.

Opening? Too inviting. People might want to step into it.

Crevice? Too narrow. People's foot won't step into it anyway.

Ravine? Too organic.

Trench? Too military. The guys might start doing fire movement.

Moat? Too defensive. Then must invite people to step across with a drawbridge.

Drain? No water.

Crack? Too crooked.

Hole? Maybe, but it doesn't explain the length.

Lobang? Buay sai lah.

Or if all else fails, invent a new word! But it might make people like me who notice go crazy with the new word...

So I guess gap is still the best word for the gap between the train and platform.