Originally posted by Heldenleben
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[QUOTE=LMcD;807902]Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post... although in Dutch "Amsterdam" is accentuated on the last syllable...[/QUOTE/]
I think Max Bygraves may have been at least partly responsible for the emphasis placed by some people - myself included - on the first syllable.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostI think Max Bygraves may have been at least partly responsible for the emphasis placed by some people - myself included - on the first syllable.Last edited by Richard Barrett; 12-09-20, 17:10.
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostBut the song "Tulips from Amsterdam" (translated from a song originally written in German, in fact) does place the stress correctly on the last syllable!
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View PostIsn’t it something like UM ster DUM in Dutch ?
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostIt is indeed a different sound from the British English "a", although I would say it goes more in the direction of "o" than "u". Since we're getting nerdy here: there are in fact many distinct regional accents in the Netherlands, just like in the UK, not to speak of the Flemish variant, and a whole other language in the Friesland region which at least in its written form is even more similar to English than regular Dutch is.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostMore particularly Geordie, with a good many words in common near as makes no odds.
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostIndeed so. (I'll always remember meeting my first Geordie at a party when I was 20 or so and being quite incredulous that I couldn't understand a word he was saying.)
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Originally posted by Lordgeous View PostI thought this threrad was about the Prom??!!
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostI think gurnemanz is right when he says that Mr B sings 'Tulips from AMsterDAM'.
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[QUOTE=Richard Barrett;808203]In 3/4 time the "Am" is a minim while the "dam" is a dotted minim tied to a crotchet in the following bar, that is to say the latter syllable is twice as long. I rest my case m'lud.[/QUOTE
I've just sung it to myself and, do you know, you're absolutely right! Like Manuel, I learn every day.
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