Paula Fernandes - Dust In The Wind

Festa Nacional da Música 2009 - O maior encontro de artistas da música brasileira

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[danielsacavalcante]

@danielsacavalcante Its name on youtube is "one last breath - creed - misheard lyrics"

Wow, the singer is a native and the assessor as well. So who's wrong? Who can't sing in English? Cheers and merry X-mas! ;)

[danielsacavalcante]

@Marsh0902 @Marsh0902 I found her as I was looking for some Brazilian singers who could sing in English, and by filtering the ones who intend to, only a few are left - among which I find her. If for you only native people's opinion are relevant, check this out.

[danielsacavalcante]

@danielsacavalcante I don't need to have lived in the US or anywhere else to be able to assess her English or even to correct yours - take care about your uses of "I live" and "I think in English" - you should use present perfect here, if you even know what that is. And hey, I don't love her. Actually I don't like her style of music, so all I've heard from her are her versions of some English songs such as this one, Behind Blue Eyes and some others.

[danielsacavalcante]

@danielsacavalcante But it's not shit, it's just a different accent - and the original one, btw. Well, I'm not graduated in Letras, as you may've thought. And the spealization I've mentioned is not a stricu or latu sensu at all. I meant sth regarding living it and studying it profoundly, so think twice before generalizing all Brazilian teachers or English speaker.

[danielsacavalcante]

@Marsh0902 Well, who mentioned grammar here? You did! I talked about pronunciation, and, hey, almost-American (with a capital letter), English is not only about the US. There are quite a lot of English accents around the world, and who are you to say that her accent is not correct or to teach her anything on pronunciation? Ask a native English from London or Liverpool what they think of the American accent.. Similarly, they'd say that's shit.

[Marsh0902]

@danielsacavalcante lol, I said it wouldn't be a good idea to discuss. Because you have a different perception... You keep saying grammar and etc... It doesn't make any sense to me dude... My whole education happened in English and in the U.S..

I know you love her, i also think she's FUCKING AWESOME in Portuguese.. You're not realizing that for a native won't matter this eldritch explanation LOL but what he hears... lol Try to listen to a decent native version of this song.. or ask an american.

[Marsh0902]

@danielsacavalcante Hey pal, I beg your pardon but I live in the U.S for 16 years. I've been learning and hearing the ''echoes'' of English for my whole life, and my father is an american. So I don't want to waste my time or discuss with you, I know very well the qualifications of Brazilian teachers and how they're ''specialized'. In any case, as i said, I don't want to discuss it. I think in English for more than 10 years and it sounds like shit to me, if you don't believe me. Just ask someone.

[danielsacavalcante]

@Marsh0902 Enfim, embora eu tenha quase certeza de que ela não fala inglês, posso garantir que ela canta em inglês melhor que muitos outros artistas brasileiros que tentam. Wanessa morou anos nos EUA, fala fluentemente, mas com uma pronúncia sofrível - e aí? Ela, que foi sair do país um dia desse, canta com uma pronúncia anos-luz melhor, imagina se/quando ela aprender inglês, hein? Abraços

[danielsacavalcante]

@Marsh0902 o som de [I] e o de [i:] muito se confundem inclusive por nativos. Escute nativos como o cantor do Creed ou Britney Spears e tente decifrar se pronunciam [I] ou [i:]. A diferença é muito sutil, fácil de se compreender quando as palavras são pronunciadas isoladamente, mas na prática os sons são muito próximos, diferenciados muito mais pela duração que pelo tom. A pronúncia de "won't" está perfeita, vc que confundiu, pois wanna teria um som de [o] e não de schwa - q ela fez.

[danielsacavalcante]

@Marsh0902 Todos os supostos erros que vc citou são muito mais más/falhas interpretações suas que propriamente erros de pronúncia dela. A pronúncia de "with" e "of", quando no meio de uma expressão, são praticamente reduzidas à de um schwa, acompanhando de um [v] ou de um [th], que muito se assemelham. Em "in an endless sea", também não há erros de pronúncia, apenas uma abreviação de sons, perfeitamente normal. Ela tb não pronuncia "Earth" incorretamente, e "earvy" teria um som de [i]