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Re: OT: Code-switching in music

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Friday, October 5, 2007, 21:21
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of caeruleancentaur
> >li_sasxsek@... wrote: > > >I'm just wondering if anyone else out there could provide some
good
> >examples of music with lyrics that involve some type of > >code-switching or mixing in of "foreign" words or phrases. > > Are you talking about macaronic verse?
Yes, I suppose that's basically what I'm looking for. I wasn't aware of the term used.
> How old are you? If you're > old enough you will remember Nat King Cole's song "Darling, Je
Vous
> Aime Beaucoup."
Sorry, that was probably a bit before my time, but this is the right idea of the type of thing I'm looking around for.

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Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>