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Mosca Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Elvis Presley / "In the Ghetto" - without tapped t's

Did Elvis have a typical southern accent? Listening to "In the Ghetto" neither he or Lisa Presley have any tapped t's?

  

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As far as I know, that would have nothing to do with being Southern or not. I think it's a coincidence, something he did on purpose in the song. He taps the T's in "little", for example: On a cold and gray Chicago morning, a poor little baby child has born in the ghetto.

— Kooyeen

  • As far as I know, that would have nothing to do with being Southern or not.
  • I think it's a coincidence, something he did on purpose in the song.
  • He taps the T's in "little", for example: On a cold and gray Chicago morning, a poor little baby child has born in the ghetto.
  • (that's what I understand at least, LOL.
  • I would have no way to distinguish "child is born" from "child (h)as born" in that song)
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As far as I know, that would have nothing to do with being Southern or not. I think it's a coincidence, something he did on purpose in the song.
He taps the T's in "little", for example:

On a cold and gray Chicago morning, a poor little baby child has born in the ghetto...

(that's what I understand at least, LOL. I would have no way to distinguish "child is bor
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Has born is always wrong. She has borne six kids is right.

CB
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Cool BreezeHas born is always wrong.
Hmm, I didn't even know that. Emotion: surprise For some reason
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No, well, probably not (re southern or not) - was merely looking for an explanation to why he sang it that way ... but looked it up and Ghetto is an Italian suburb name (from Venice) with a somewhat tragic history ... which you might know Koyeen .. so perhaps it's just because he conceived the word being foreign. Who knows.
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Elivis did in fact have a heavy southern accent. He only pronounces his t's like this in the song for clarity.
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