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@stormalx
I've shouted "IT'S GREEN!!" before, but normally just because I'm annoyed. Mostly I don't shout anything, slow down a bit and weave through (unless there are lots of peds). The problem with shouting is then people do stupid things. They might stop still like a rabbit, they might run. If they don't know you're there to begin with it's easier to predict what they're going to do - keep walking.
What really pisses me off is when people cross the road at totally inappropriate places like in front of buses - Tooley St. is classic for this. So you're either whizzing down the cycle lane on the inside or overtaking a bus on the right, then some twat appears from in front of the bus. It's happened to me so often that I now almost expect it. In these cases "LOOK WHERE YOU'RE FUCKING GOING" does quite nicely.
I once saw/heard a messenger do a very loud kind of parrot-style "AWAHH! SQWAUK!!" on Liverpool St. It seemed to work for him...