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Dilay1985 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Pop voice
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What does "assumes a pop voice" and "keening over the airwaves" mean here?
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In modern cities like Bamako, the capital, Islamic culture often assumes a pop voice, with devotional music keening over the airwaves.
What does "assumes a pop voice" and "keening over the airwaves" mean here?
Thank you!
In modern cities like Bamako, the capital, Islamic culture often assumes a pop voice, with devotional music keening over the airwaves.
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Hello dilay1985, and welcome to the Forums. It's nice to have you. It's hard to say exactly, but my guess is that "assumes a pop voice" means that radio broadcasts originating from Bamako employ language and style less formal than what may be heard in smaller cities.
- Hello dilay1985, and welcome to the Forums.
- It's nice to have you.
- It's hard to say exactly, but my guess is that "assumes a pop voice" means that radio broadcasts originating from Bamako employ language and style less formal than what may be heard in smaller cities.
- However, the use of "keening" may not be the best choice of words.
- " It's difficult to imagine that devotional music keening over the airwaves could be done in a "pop" manner.
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Hello dilay1985, and welcome to the Forums. It's nice to have you.
It's hard to say exactly, but my guess is that "assumes a pop voice" means that radio broadcasts originating from Bamako employ language and style less formal than what may be heard in smaller cities.
However, the use of "keening" may not be the best choice of words. To keen means to "wail in grief for a dead person; s
It's hard to say exactly, but my guess is that "assumes a pop voice" means that radio broadcasts originating from Bamako employ language and style less formal than what may be heard in smaller cities.
However, the use of "keening" may not be the best choice of words. To keen means to "wail in grief for a dead person; s
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I've seen it in a recently published New York Times article, "A Tribute to Islam, Earthen but Transcendent".
Since English is not my first language, I found it very understand this sentence.
Your comments have helped though...
Thank you!
Since English is not my first language, I found it very understand this sentence.
Your comments have helped though...
Thank you!
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