SpecGram—Velum, Velum, Little Thing—Phrançoise Phonetique. Velum, velum little thing.
How I wonder where you swing. Up above the tongue so high, Like a larynx in the sky. When the constriction is gone, When air nothing blocks upon, Then you show your little sigh, Velum, velum, you are nigh. Then the sounds in the pharyngeal arc, Thank you for your little spark, They could not know which way to go, If you didn’t lower so. In the pharyngeal cavity you keep, And often through to the oral peep, For you never shut for long, ’Til /m, n, ŋ/ are sung. As your subtle, nasal sound, Resonates so loudly all around, Though I know just what you are, Velum, velum, you’re a star. Linguist makes sensational claim: English is a Scandinavian language. "Have you considered how easy it is for us Norwegians to learn English?
" asks Jan Terje Faarlund, professor of linguistics at the University of Oslo. "Obviously there are many English words that resemble ours. But there is something more: its fundamental structure is strikingly similar to Norwegian. We avoid many of the usual mistakes because the grammar is more or less the same. Faarlund and his colleague Joseph Emmonds, visiting professor from Palacký University in the Czech Republic, now believe they can prove that English is in reality a Scandinavian language, in other words it belongs to the Northern Germanic language group, just like Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic and Faroese. Old English died out "Modern English is a direct descendant of the language of Scandinavians who settled in the British Isles in the course of many centuries, before the French-speaking Normans conquered the country in 1066," says Faarlund.
Adopted words they already had Took over the grammar. Home. How To Do A New York Accent (Accents) Learn from a professional a convincing and very thick, old fashioned new york accent.
Get into character and talk just like you hear in the old fashioned New York gangster films after watching this video. A step by step, easy to follow tutorial on how to pick up that thick New York accent. Hello, I'm an actor and a voice coach. com. Here are some tips for working on your voice. So when we are talking about a New York accent, and we are going to talk about a really old fashioned style New York accent like you get in your old gangster films. Unlike general Americans, an 'R' sound in New York is only pronounced when it's before a vowel.
Listen to are and cards. Are green cards brighter. Don't go too far where you sound silly. Verse, that's verse, verse. So they're very similar, but not exactly the same. We've got 'da', he's saying 'da' first verse. They're different in British, English, in New York they're the same, and they're very long, drawn out sounds.
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