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Hi Ralf
This guy is not well-known to me, but if he's really from Darien, Connecticut, I'd say he doesn't use any "phantom Rs". (I don't think he used any words that might "qualify for" the phantom R while he was talking.) The "phantom R" is probably more commonly found in parts of Connecticut which are very close to Rhode Island. Darien is probably too far from RI for the phantom R pronunciation.
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| #34 (permalink) Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:24 am pop songs |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Hi Ralf
This guy is not well-known to me, but if he's really from Darien, Connecticut, I'd say he doesn't use any "phantom Rs". |
Hi Amy,
How come you have never heard of Moby? He is one of the most popular and successful American artists.
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| #35 (permalink) Fri Aug 08, 2008 13:56 pm Pop songs |
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Do you know the details of every single European artist, Torsten? Do you like every single type of music? ;)
By the way, what about the last PM I sent you? You never responded. Would you mind having a look at the thread I mentioned there, too?
Thanks!
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| #37 (permalink) Fri Aug 08, 2008 14:59 pm Pop songs |
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Hi Ralf
That's possible, I suppose. I hear lots of music on the radio, for example, and I often don't know who the artist is.
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Hi
Just found this cross over the pond duet between Montreal based Martha and Scots band Snow Patrol.
Martha is quiet BIG in the UK, just how big are snow patrol in the USn ow, since the theme tune "chasing cars" for Grey´s Anatomy?
http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPKDfBdxkMM&feature=related
Male/ female duets are hard to pull off I think. Okay it isn´t Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, but it has that air of tender tunes.
What are your favorite duets?
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| I don't know about you, guys, but I find British accent hard to understand (harder than American one). They somehow pronounce some words in a strange to me way, which baffles me, sets me off the track. For example, the word "fun". |
Funny you should say that, because the word 'fun' is pronounced the same both sides of the pond (in standard AmE and BrE, that is). Maybe you've heard it said by Ralf? :P |
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