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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/25/2008 2:28:02 PM
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You don't have to apologize for the truth, doink!
One reason we sound more similar when we sing is because we're taught to sing differently than we're taught to pronounce words. In America, serious choirs mimic the King's College Choir.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/25/2008 4:39:11 PM
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I didn't say we were doing it correctly! But that's how we're admonished!
In the south, we're allowed to chew our diphthongs and drawl consonants. In choirs, we're to hold out the first part of a diphthong and tag the last vowel sound on like a consonant. In choirs, we're also taught to hit a consonant quickly and move on to the vowel and not draw them out.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/25/2008 9:07:11 PM
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I am remembering Herman's Hermits. He had an accent even when he sang, but I wonder if it was sort of 'put on'. He was so cute though.
"Put on"??
They were from Manchester. Mancs have a Manc accent - they don't put it on! (of all the accents someone might put on, I don't think Manc is one of them, lol)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/25/2008 11:17:56 PM
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I only know what they are from singing and studying other languages. In the south, we call them syllables!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/25/2008 11:26:13 PM
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So, over there a pint is 20oz., huh? Our pints are 16oz. unless you go to an Irish style pub, then the beer comes in a 20oz. glass.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/26/2008 12:09:31 AM
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I am remembering Herman's Hermits. He had an accent even when he sang, but I wonder if it was sort of 'put on'. He was so cute though.
"Put on"??
They were from Manchester. Mancs have a Manc accent - they don't put it on! (of all the accents someone might put on, I don't think Manc is one of them, lol)
Yeah, I know but I never noticed anyone else from England having such a pronounced accent while singing.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/26/2008 9:57:20 AM
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That may explain why my recipes don't always "turn out."
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/26/2008 10:56:53 AM
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You think we sound like Canucks when we sing? English, Welsh, Scots, Northern Irish??
I don't think so!
Well you don't sound like you do when you talk!
(Actually, there's a lot of French singers here that the same thing happens to them, Celine Dion is the only one I've heard keep her French accent while singing.)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 4/27/2008 11:21:14 AM
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I've got an old episode of 'Dempsey and Makepeace' on. Don't know if anyone has seen it but it's a cop show. He's an American in London and she's a Brit and they're partners in the Force.
He asks
'What's haggis?'
'It's offal'
'I don't want to know what it tastes like, what is it?'
'It's offal' Sighs
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