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From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard)
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Subject: Re: British English/American English and singing
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Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 16:38:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 16:38:44 1984
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English lends itself to song quite wonderfully - listen to English 
folk-singers such as the Watersons for evidence.  English pop, rock, etc. 
singers sing with an "American" accent because they're imitating us.
One of the reasons they do this is that the roots of the money-making 
music styles are American, and the foreign singers imitate the
accent with the style, especially if they learn their music from records. 



It was on a Sunday morning, the weather being fine,
Unto Brigg fair I did repair - for love I was inclined...

-- 
Henry Polard (You bring the flames; I'll bring the marshmallows.)
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