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Pronuciation time again :)

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dizzydaleks said on March 4, 2003 23:47:

Anyone else wondered why, in Goodbye to You, Marie wonders why there are Romans hiding in the dark?

animalkingdom said on March 5, 2003 07:12:

Or has anyone else wondered what Pronuciation stands for? :-)

Is this some sort of joke or how would you pronouNce ’romance’?

Roxfever said on March 5, 2003 09:43:

hihi, never discovered that. That’s, I think, not a joke. That’s simply a mistake. But I like mistakes like that.

dizzydaleks said on March 5, 2003 12:25:

Hands up - that was a typo :( I won’t claim the joke ...

Santi said on March 5, 2003 19:47:

It was very funny anyway :DDDDDDD

Vixzter said on March 5, 2003 20:18:

what have the Romans ever done for us.... ? ;)

LittleSpooky said on March 6, 2003 06:12:

Vix: Do you REALLY want an answer to that ;o)

Vixzter said on March 6, 2003 06:35:

Spooks: ever seen Monty Python? ;)

Th_Th said on March 6, 2003 08:27:

One thing I have noticed about Maries pronouncation on the DVD is, during and interview on really roxette, she sais something is ’dangerous’, and the letter ’g’ in dangerous she pronounces like the letter ’g’ is pronounced in ’digger’ for example. I had to smile about that, as she is able to perfectly sing ’dangerous’ without any accent at all.

Santi said on March 6, 2003 10:25:

Th_th: Maybe it’s because in Swedish “ng” is always pronounced like that (g always soft). It’s not so strange to mess things up with your own language when talking in another one... I can say :D

animalkingdom said on March 6, 2003 10:32:

Marie also has a neat Swedish d. You can hear it especially well in Voices (“until we make to the borDerline”) or in Stars (“where the garDens grow”).

Th_Th said on March 6, 2003 13:00:

Santi:
I know what you mean. It still happens to me every once in while too...
just thought it was funny. ;-)

Close2U said on March 7, 2003 07:09:

And what about Per singing:

”....I could have feld much BETter...”
“...I wish you have typed my heart a LETter..”
“......dancing so much BETter in slow-mo..”
“...they could have been, so happy toGETher...”

I think that sounds so funny....swedish/english. It’s absolute great.

Cheerz.

animalkingdom said on March 7, 2003 08:08:

@ Close2U

The way he pronounces better (no idea of the ’together’ you mentioned...?) is British English. In American English the t’s fade...Even Madonna does the t-thing in some of her songs.

Close2U said on March 7, 2003 09:23:

I never heard an english/british guy pronounce it like per does. its just typical.