Montrose – When I was young and learning German in high school I didn’t think it was possible that German could sound good when sung. But then I heard an excellent Schubert’s ave maria… So I had to re-assess that idea.
joe- actually, come to think of it again because i lost a lot of my hearing when I was about 7, I did learn most of my english through reading. Even today I mispronounce words because I say them as I read them. I’d love to go all Bronx on your a$$ but sadly, lack the verbal chops 🙂
When I first went to college I used to mistakenly pronounce the b and t and subtle (not too subtle of a mistake!). I was very embarrassed in a class-ism sort of way until a professor told me that it’s a sign of someone who’s well read. Well read introverts commonly mispronounce things, so do kids who read a book and then go and hang out in the projects…
John Lennon was interviewed once & when asked why The Beatles sang in “American”, said it was because things such as “Get right down to the real niddy griddy” would sound asinine as “nitty gritty”.
Arcady and Joe, I take on accents when I’m abroad, too. Sometimes it makes it much easier to get around and be anonymous. It’s fun, too. For the record, I’ve never done it in a job situation, and never will.
Arkady, I do pronounce nitty gritty with the ts, and so does my cockney mum – I may be an ass but I’m not the only one!
A friend of mine always said ‘mizzled’ for misled – great congruence of meaning & word.
Ode to Joy anyone?
Montrose – When I was young and learning German in high school I didn’t think it was possible that German could sound good when sung. But then I heard an excellent Schubert’s ave maria… So I had to re-assess that idea.
joe- actually, come to think of it again because i lost a lot of my hearing when I was about 7, I did learn most of my english through reading. Even today I mispronounce words because I say them as I read them. I’d love to go all Bronx on your a$$ but sadly, lack the verbal chops 🙂
When I first went to college I used to mistakenly pronounce the b and t and subtle (not too subtle of a mistake!). I was very embarrassed in a class-ism sort of way until a professor told me that it’s a sign of someone who’s well read. Well read introverts commonly mispronounce things, so do kids who read a book and then go and hang out in the projects…
John Lennon was interviewed once & when asked why The Beatles sang in “American”, said it was because things such as “Get right down to the real niddy griddy” would sound asinine as “nitty gritty”.
Arcady and Joe, I take on accents when I’m abroad, too. Sometimes it makes it much easier to get around and be anonymous. It’s fun, too. For the record, I’ve never done it in a job situation, and never will.
Lol Arkady. Also Cockburn (= Coburn), but you can see why they changed that one.
I would kill to hear Louie Louie sung in an operatic venue by MM.