A good point, with which I concur most ha-tih-lee.
Dean
On May 1, 2007, at 1:15 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:55 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I would and do ask for that vowel even if we aren't doing G&S, or
whatever. It just sings well to eliminate the "r", and to my
American ear, does not sound at all affected, unless you speak
it, not sing it. If one is doing Sprectstimme (sp?) with English,
then I don't know what approach would be taken.
I too would tend to ask for the British [3] vowel for r in almost
any classical music sung in English.
I would not, however, ask for it in any pop songs, old or new, nor
in any opera which is decidedly American, like Susannah, Baby Doe,
Down in the Valley, or Porgy & Bess.
mdl
very amused imagining Sam singing "Jayb[3]d sittin' on a hick'ry
limb..."
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Of all hoaxes, the one which is my most vexing bête noire on a
quotidian basis, is the cereal box top which informs simply,
"Lift Tab to Open." Then, "To Close, Insert Tab Here ." Yeah,
right! In attempting to accomplish the first direction, not only
the tab but also the slit intended to accept the aforementioned
protuberance have both been irreparably disfigured and rendered
dysfunctional. This debacle is then amplified by the misbehavior
of the recalcitrant inner bag, which can not be unsealed sans
mangling it, and hence, will not disperse its contents without
exiting the box itself. All I wanted was a bowl of cereal.
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