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Thread #119776   Message #2650069
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
06-Jun-09 - 02:44 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
One more note on "J.K." At Mystic in 1988 or '89, Hugill criticized those who sing the chorus as "tu-RYE-ay." He said, correctly or not, I don't know, that only the "l" sound is genuine, as there is no "r" sound in Samoan.