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Barbara's Rhubarb Bar (German: Barbaras Rhabarberbar) [1] is a German and Dutch tongue twister that gave rise to a popular novelty song.The tongue twister is based on repetition of the sound "bar", and celebrates a well-liked seasonal dessert.
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
"Rub-a-dub-dub" is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the 18th century in volume two of Hook's Christmas Box [1] under the title "Dub a dub dub" rather than "Rub a dub dub". It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3101.
Phonetics can also allow singers to dispel their natural tendencies to pronounce words in another language by using the phonetics of their own native language. For example, the pronunciation for the letter "r" in the word "quinceañera" as a native English speaker would be pronounced like: /kɪnseɪənj'ɛɹə/ or (keen-seh-ahn-YEHR-ah), with ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Igbo on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Igbo in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The main idea was to create a modern song using classical forms, such as rondo and ternary. The lyrics themselves have no meaning. The vocals are simply used as another instrument to make music and not to convey any message. [4] The song, written in D dorian, is a mix of African-tribal and Celtic-style melodies. [citation needed]
Jaya Bhārata Jananiya Tanujāte, Jaya Hē Karnāṭaka Māte (pronounced [Jaya bha:rata jananiya tanuja:te, jaya he: karna:ʈaka ma:te]; lit. ' Victory to you Mother Karnataka, The Daughter of Mother India! ') is a Kannada-language poem composed by Kuvempu.
"Ciribiribin" [tʃiribiriˈbin] is a merry Piedmontese ballad, originally in three-quarter time, composed by Alberto Pestalozza in 1898 with lyrics by Carlo Tiochet. [2] It quickly became popular and has been recorded by many artists. Decades later it enjoyed continued popularity with swing and jazz bands, played in four-four time.