Re: [Harp-L] Authentic Pronunciation

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Ever hear someone on tv or movies faking a Boston accent?  Being from  
Boston area it is like fingers on a chalk board.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/2/2010 7:37:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

The  worst fake US accents can be heard on British TV shows. Don't know why 
they  bother; don't know why it is either.
Maybe they're just so comfortable in  their own culture(s) they can't reach 
out of it.
RD

>>>  "Timothy J. Schutte" <kc8hr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 02/10/10 4:35 AM  >>>
Hi Aongus,

On 09/30/2010 04:18 PM, Aongus Mac Cana  wrote:
> I have followed this thread with interest and some amusement. I  guess it 
is
> a worldwide phenomenon.
> Here in Ireland singers  who aspire to the 'big time' seem to think that 
it
> is necessary to  sing in what they believe is an "American" accent.
> I silently applaud  anyone I hear singing in their natural locally 
acquired
> voice: Dolores  Keane or Frank Harte for example.
> As for non-native speaking guys  singing in Gaelic (self included) Lets 
not
> go there!
>  Beannachtai
> Aongus Mac Cana
>
>    
I have  noticed that, and it's especially funny to hear Irish and British 
singers  trying to do 'hillbilly' and 'Motown' accents. But it's even 
funnier when  an American tries to sing in an Irish or Scottish accent!

I used to  have a friend, now sadly dead, who sang and played in a local 
Irish pub.  He sang 'Carrick Fergus' in Gaelic, but I don't know if he 
spoke Gaelic  fluently.

Keep on tootin'!
Tim

-- 
Timothy J. Schutte,  http://senseitim.blogspot.com/
"I yam what I yam and that's all that I  yam!" --Popeye the  Sailor-Man