Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Square you off"?

Like, "consign you to squaredom"?

New to me.

JL

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com>
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> > I would like to add Pat Boone's version of "Tutti Frutti" to your
> > list--under worst, of course. To be fair, I've heard that he really
> didn't
> > want to record the song but bowed to management pressure.
> >
> > Here's a great version of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" by Russian
> singer
> > Irina Surina--accompanied by guitar ace Tommy Emmanuel:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnn4Y_2Ss-I
> >
> > To hear her sing--oh so beautifully--in Russian:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7O47M5SgX0&feature=related
> >
> > I first heard her when she sang with the Russian Bluegrass band Kukuruza
> > years ago. Her English accent is much improved since those days.
> >
>
> Interesting stuff! Thanks, Eric!
>
> Uh, you know, I've always rather liked Pat Boone's 1957 recording of
> "Love Letters In The Sand." In fact, I have it in my iTunes. But be
> cool with that info, okay? You don't want to square me off.
>
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