Wednesday 18 April 2012

Til there was you.



I love this song. So cheesy, but so pleasing to the ears. Kind of like most Beatles songs actually.

Also, if you're interested in linguistics at all (I know, who would be?), the first time I properly listened to this song was when my Linguistics lecturer from last semester was all like, "Hey, this song is a great example of the rhotic 'r' that's found in American English."

See, The Beatles overcompensate for their lack of rhotic Rs, because they're from Liverpool (innit), and so, I dunno, they feel insecure or something. So yeah, that's why you get the ridiculously overemphasised, and oftentimes made-up, rhotic R on words such as saw(R). Yep.

Word of the Day: Rhotic  

1 comment:

  1. This song makes me swoon in unimaginable ways. Surely one of many reasons why the Beatles have eternal appeal. Just as an addendum, I find linguistics fascinating. I understand what I can with my rudimentary knowledge (took it for one measly semester). Hope you're well, proprietor of the Huang Out :)

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