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English lesson
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Santi said on February 26, 2003 22:03:
Sorry English speakers :) Can you please solve a doubt for me?
I heard the other day a CD of Suzanne Vega (I think she’s from New York) and she pronounces the “wh” very differently from “w”. It sounds more like “f”.
Is that normal or is just Suzanne that speaks weird? Anyway it sounds cool, those “why” :D
LittleSpooky said on February 27, 2003 03:12:
Everyone has their own “dialect” here in the US. I know what you’re talking about, and that’s just her. A lot of black people (I hear it a lot from my family members) pronounce “th” as “f”: “Wif me” as opposed to “With me”.
Nothing wrong with that.
Santi said on February 27, 2003 17:47:
In the song “Marlene on the wall” you can hear it clearly in the line:
- “And I tried so hard to resist WHen you held me in your handsome fist”
- “and of WHy I should be leaving”
In the song “The Queen and the Soldier”
- “Only first I am asking you WHy”
- “And now will you tell me WHy?”
The most clear! The song Rosemary (from her album Tried and True -best of-, that is the one I’ve got):
- “My sister says she never dreams at night, there are days when I know WHy”.
I read in a book something related to this way of pronouncing WH, that is why I’m so interested and curious about it. I’ll try to find the book again :)
Thank you very much.
powerpoplarry said on February 28, 2003 00:41:
I think Suzanne just pronounces her WH’s really hard or sharply, as if she breathes heavily on those words, like in baseball, swinging the bat and missing the ball.
roxlad said on March 1, 2003 20:09:
Wh sounding like a F???? Never heard of it but there’s always something new to learn...
Th can be pronounced either D (sort of) or F... in some cases.
Santi said on March 1, 2003 20:15:
No, I don’t think TH is correct as an f. Is correct as our Spanish “Z”, but not as F... as far as I know.
Vixzter said on February 26, 2003 22:15:
Mmmmm tricky, usualy the h is silent in things like.....why, where etc.
But I suppose sometimes ppls can put alot into the wh bit and it might sound like f.
Does that make sense? ;) probably not ;)
Is it a song that she sings in? if so....which one?