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Re: ZBB: Another "What language is this song in" thread.

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, August 1, 2005, 9:16
Hi!

Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> writes:
> On Jul 31, 2005, at 10:14 PM, Henrik Theiling wrote: > > Hi! > > Ooohoo, thanks, Steg, that's very great! :-) > > No problema! > Oh and i'm not the only crazy one.
Definitely not. :-)
> My friend who i took Intro to Linguistics with in college agreed that > the first line sounds like "I don't know why you are sorry"!
There's concensus: my girlfriend and I both heard: '... why you are sohrie', pronounced with a strong German accent (there was [R] in it). :-)))
>... > It's definitely [O] sometimes.
Probably the Arabic script doesn't offer enough vowel signs for Persian. **Henrik

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