Question about accent in singing

[nq:1]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign singers can sing in a perfect North American accent yet have a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
I find that interesting, as well.
I have a friend who has a severe speech impediment. He isn't retarded, but many people think him so, he has so much trouble getting his words out, let alone pronouncing them so peopl

[nq:1]How do you explain these things?[/nq]
There are many cases of stutterers who sing normally (e.g. Gareth Gates), suggesting that speaking and signing are two distinct mechanisms.

[nq:2]How do you explain these things?[/nq]
[nq:1]There are many cases of stutterers who sing normally (e.g. Gareth Gates), suggesting that speaking and signing are two distinct mechanisms.As one is done with the mouth and the other the hand, I would think so. [/nq]
Ray

[nq:1]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign singers can sing in a perfect North American accent yet have a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
I'd stop short of calling them "perfect" myself, but I know what you mean. In days gone (1) by I think Brits did it because (a) they modelled themselves on American singers who dominated the popular music world and (b) b

[nq:1]Otherwise it's rare for popular songsters to allude to their origins. One exception in recent years was the Proclaimers, the Scottish twins whom I saw yesterday on a nostalgia programme.[/nq]
Peter Gabriel always sounds very "Home Counties" so much so that a friend of mine once remarked that this sounded unnatural and that rock music should always be sung in an American accent (no matter

[nq:1]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign singers can sing in a perfect North American accent yet have a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
Consider that conversations cannot be
rehearsed in the way concerts are. There
is no printed score for a conversation.
Another consideration is that singing (combining
pronunciation, pitch, timbre, emphas

[nq:2]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign ... a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd stop short of calling them "perfect" myself, but I know what you mean. In days gone (1) by I ... time and many of the "Mersey Sound" groups followed. Otherwise it's rare for popular songsters to allude to their origins.[/nq]
There's that whole generation of Londo

[nq:2]How do you explain these things?[/nq]
[nq:1]There are many cases of stutterers who sing normally (e.g. Gareth Gates), suggesting that speaking and signing are two distinct mechanisms.[/nq]
There's also American Country and Western singer Mel Tillis.
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[nq:1]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign singers can sing in a perfect North American accent yet have a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
Much of what is perceived as accent in speech isn't emphasized in singing, or otherwise falls away.

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[nq:1]I was wondering, why is it that so many foreign singers can sing in a perfect North American accent yet have a thick accent when it comes to holding a conversation?[/nq]
I wonder if this is related to a similar phenomenon I noticed when CB radios were common. Speakers who were otherwise completely unremarkable in their diction, invariably assumed a southern country-hick accent when talki