Now, I don't know how poor ol Emmy Lou got drug into this thread. Poor girl. I love her music and I don't care if I hear every work because the medium is the message. Same with my favorite Delta bluesman, Son House. He mumbled so bad that he probably couldn't understand what he was saying his own self. I used to think it was a black thing so when I was trying to learn the words to "Empire State Express" I asked a southern born Black friend to help me try to figure out the words to the song. We listened to Son's recording for and hour and my Black frined had no more idea what the words were that did I. Go figure. Well, I must admit that when I do the song, having finally learned all the words, I find myself repeating some, but not all, of Son House's mumbling because it makes the song more authentic... As for the stuff I write, I do make an attempt to E-NUN-C-ATE.