#i would so love a breakdown from a korean speaker on what collections of sounds in english are awkward or hard for korean speakers | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

xcziel · 4 months ago

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kinda bummed anew that i only understand english

watching vocal coaches from other countries especially sk and japan react to who's english lyrics with detailed breakdowns of how he is singing in english is blowing my mind even without strong understanding

it's so fascinating to look from the view of someone seeing the language and pronunciation as practical or aesthetic *choices* within a song

#several japanese reactors so far going through stopping after like each line to remark on what he's doing #it never occurred to me to think before about what words or syllables in english get stretched or doubled #to hit the rhyme scheme or rhythm of a song because it's so instinctive #or where the accent is placed within a word or line and the allowed shifting when it's being sung is different than when spoken #but on reflection it really does make a difference because i've had reactions when an accent is really off in a song #weirdly there's an uncanny valley effect where if the accent is strong all the way through it's mostly fine #but when the pronunciation is hitting american or british standard well but just veers off in one or two ways its offputting #and can be uncomfirtable to listen to for some native english speakers #kind of the reverse of the megan and the japanese lyrics thing i guess #jimin is *very* naturalistic in english for the whole of muse with a tiny glitch in slow dance #only a little bit of difficulty in the 'tempo of our favorite song' line being at all noticeable to me #i would so love a breakdown from a korean speaker on what collections of sounds in english are awkward or hard for korean speakers

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