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#46 (permalink) Mon Nov 19, 2007 21:40 pm Is it cocky/confusing to speak with a British accent?

lost_soul wrote:

Ralf wrote:

Once there was a woman from Finland
Who was in love with dead accents from England
Yet in her strive for peak sophistication
She lost touch with both the earth and her nation
To be merged in her own private fairyland.

Sorry for being meticulous but I think the "the" has been lost in your lyric. Wink

Wink

(I might be wrong - just in my dictionary it goes with "the")
(Just with "the" the verse scans better in my opinion)

Hi Alex,

You are being meticulous, but that's a good thing Surprised

Surprised

Let's put the question to EU since we should really ask a native speaker or somebody with a native speaker-like judgement to help us here Very Happy

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#47 (permalink) Tue Nov 20, 2007 20:00 pm Is it cocky/confusing to speak with a British accent?

Hi global, I'm intrigued; what do you make of all those comments contributed to your thread (in a matter of only 3 days!) _________________ Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL Preparation & TOEFL Vocabulary Learn more: How to Become an English Teacher

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