Re: Pronunciaton of -y in English Popular music
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 06/11/04
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:14:17 GMT
Jarel wrote:
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> Have any of you heard the pronunciation of -y as in "city" as [ej] instead of
> standard [i]. For example, in the Journey song "Lights", the lyrics: "i want
> to be there in my city" The "y" is "city" is for sure [ej]. I have heard this
> in many popular songs. I admit I like it, anyone know why this is?
Affectation.
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