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lauradi7dwThere's a Steve Earle song called "City of Immigrants" (can be downloaded at
http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/review-steve-earle-city-of-immigrants/
click where it says Listen).
He pronounces the last part like ants, the insect. The female singers (singer, double tracked?)
pronounce it immigrunts, or so it sounds to me. I pronounce it immigrints. I presume that's the Southern tendency to make bin and Ben sound alike and so forth, but maybe it's some kind of vowel
harmony. I pronounce restlessness with three eh sounds, but there's at least one dialect of England English that would make it into a schwa, or even more extreme - restlessnuss.
It made me happy to learn that in Unalaska, there are people who sing Christmas carols in
English, Unangam Tunuu, and Church Slavonic. Picture of song sheet here
http://flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/2181444346/in/set-72157603679221969/
http://countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/review-steve-earle-city-of-immigrants/
click where it says Listen).
He pronounces the last part like ants, the insect. The female singers (singer, double tracked?)
pronounce it immigrunts, or so it sounds to me. I pronounce it immigrints. I presume that's the Southern tendency to make bin and Ben sound alike and so forth, but maybe it's some kind of vowel
harmony. I pronounce restlessness with three eh sounds, but there's at least one dialect of England English that would make it into a schwa, or even more extreme - restlessnuss.
It made me happy to learn that in Unalaska, there are people who sing Christmas carols in
English, Unangam Tunuu, and Church Slavonic. Picture of song sheet here
http://flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/2181444346/in/set-72157603679221969/
