Singing linguistic differences
This is one of the most interesting songs I have ever heard. It's called "Let's call the whole thing off" and it is a duet of the great Ella Fitzgerald and Loius Armstrong. It's about ending a love relationship because of.. well, linguistic differences in pronouncing some words. The examples from the song include the different pronunciations of 'either', 'neither', 'potato', 'tomato', 'laughter', 'after'..
I think as long as my partner and I speak the same language, that's enough. This doesn't sound desperate, does it? :)
Mai
I think as long as my partner and I speak the same language, that's enough. This doesn't sound desperate, does it? :)
Mai
posted by Mai at 11:52 PM
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There's a Monty Python sketch where a singer at an audition is asked to sight-read this song. Not knowing the song, he pronounces each word the same way every time. Finally, he gets exasperated and, in despair, he says to the person auditioning him, 'I'm sorry, but I just can't see anything wrong with this relationship!'
I laughed my head off when I read this, thanks.
they were probably looking for an excuse to end it anyway :))
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