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The sleeve notes themselves are written in a humorous style, describing the music in bizarre ways. For example, the note on "Last Week" (the theme tune to Green Wing ) it reads: This rousing Ouvertüre featured the signature sound of the famous, One Stringed Indian Instrument, the pitch of which is controlled by the skillful squeezing of its ...
The use of a full (orally released) rather than syllabic pronunciation of /ən/ in the sequence /-tən/, in words like "kitten" or "mountain", is a minor but noted variant reported in the West, for example among some Californians and younger, female Utah speakers; [12] thus, kitten as [ˈkʰɪʔən] in addition to more General American ...
In South Australia, however, there is a high proportion of people who use the broad /aː/ PALM vowel in BATH words. For example, a survey of pronunciation in different cities found that 86% of those surveyed in Adelaide pronounced graph with an /aː/, whereas 100% of those surveyed in Hobart and 70% of those surveyed in Melbourne used /æ/.
[2] [3] Sound patterns historically associated with Western New England English include the features of rhoticity (full pronunciation of all r sounds), the horse–hoarse merger, and the father–bother merger, none of which are features traditionally shared in neighboring Eastern New England English. [4]
The single was released alongside a music video directed by Taylor Fauntleroy. The video depicts Jepsen riding an electric scooter across green fields, twirling through yellow flowers, and frolicking in an assortment of diaphanous gowns. [1] Per The A.V. Club ' s Gabrielle Sanchez, the video "feels like something plucked from a Wes Anderson film."
Western Australian English is the English spoken in the Australian state of Western Australia (WA). Although generally the same as most other Australian English , it has some state-specific words – including slang and Aboriginal words – and variations in pronunciation.
A selection of music from the series was released on CD under Whitehead's artistic nom de plume, Trellis. Serious documentary and drama scores composed by Whitehead include War In Europe and The Clintons' Marriage of Power for MBC, Metropolis (with James Purefoy ), three series of Medics for Granada and Kay Mellor's latest drama series Strictly ...
A word like immediately, for example, is variously pronounced by Americans as: ihMEEdeeuhtlee; uhMEEdeeuhtlee; eeMEEdeeuhtlee; The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use.