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That one (peaches and fish) always gets me: not helped by our pescatorial!Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI received a short Italian lesson from a fruit seller in Sicily once, whom I had asked for half a kilo of fish.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI received a short Italian lesson from a fruit seller in Sicily once, whom I had asked for half a kilo of fish.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Cali: loved your pastiche of KD's 'Antonio Pappano'!Comment
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Pronunciation? Ask Katie Derham, the worst word mangler of them all. Her gabbled and overenthusiastic renditions of Italian are a hoot. And how about her ‘gon-DOLE-ier’s song’, the ConCERT - gebowe (two words) Orchestra. Even dear old Rob is not immune. He’s of the ‘ Henry pur-CELL’, Evgeny Kiss-ENE, Anatoly 'LIA-Dorf, persuasion. Still, it keep one entertained, as it should.Comment
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Pixiwoo sounds English to meOriginally posted by jean View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq61rFEj3qQ (a few seconds in).
And Emma, quite authoritatively, tell us Lo-REN
Though an Italian-sounding man tells us it's LO-ren
Perhaps these women only 'sound Italian' because they pronounce it LO-ren. (then again, forvo tells us they ARE from Italy.
So yes. Common English was (is?) Lo-REN. Not to say there weren't/aren't people saying LO-ren as well …It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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She does, I agree. But later in the video she says drugstore. So I suspect creeping Americanisation.Originally posted by french frank View Post
(What is this woman doing in your YouTube archive, I wonder?)Comment
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I've often cited LOren, as have others, as an example of the phantom R ubiquitously inserted between words ending in w and beginning with a vowel, such as Law rand order, by otherwise RP-speaking southerners - LauREN order would not sound right, would it?!Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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... it's always been Lo-REN for me, as far as I recall.
The only question was whether it shd be So-FYE-a or So-FEE-aComment
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No it wouldn't, but I always thought her name was Laura Norder, in which case the problem doesn't arise.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
The phantom 'R' afflicts choirs, that tiresome girl Gloria Rin being a serial offender.Comment
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I don't think it's in my archiveOriginally posted by jean View Post
I just googled some words like loren pronounced uk youtube - can't remember exactly. Pixiwoo was the top hit 
I agree with vinteuil: Lo-REN it was (though it was always soFEEa). I suppose people who spoke Italian and knew better got it right.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I was only half-listening so I can't be sure: did I really hear "boat-swain" on R3 this morning?Comment
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A young chap who really likes boats?Originally posted by Bert Coules View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Well at least he did not confuse it with Higgs.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostComment
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