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Thread #119260   Message #2584968
Posted By: Sandy Mc Lean
09-Mar-09 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Strong Scottish Accent - Does It Matter?
Subject: RE: Strong Scottish Accent - Does It Matter?
I love your stuff Bob! Sometimes with a Scottish accent you can make a song your own. You say that you do country songs. The Carter Family were as country as anyone could hope to get. Our own Jim Brannigan (Jim Lad) recorded The Curtains Of Night a few years ago and as much as I respect and love The Carters I like Jim's version better. In Cape Breton where I live people say we have an accent as well, but I find that is mostly "they" with the accent. Very subjective...........
I also love Gaelic songs very much although my limited comprehension prevents me from understanding every word. As well there is an Aberdeen in Cape Breton and I understand my friends and relatives from there just fine!
Slainte and failte,
                  Sandy