Too cool for consonants...
Monday, March 16th, 2009 01:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanThe question on our minds here in The Carpathia, is simple: is this man too cool for consonants?
After watching an episode of Cadfael on DVD, we found ourselves with time to spare, but no short programmes to watch either on DVD or any of the many fine digital TV channels open to us. Since we had only just recharged our G&Ts, we decided the obvious thing to do was dig out the nearest iPod, slap it into the docking port and hit play in the reassuring shuffle mode. A few minutes in, the iPod produced for our delectation, Chris Isaak performing Blue Hotel. It is clear, that the man has little use for consonants; he gets away with the barest minimum he can to get the idea across. I have never heard anyone pronounce 'hotel' without the 't', but also without an Estuary glottal stop. It's quite fascinating.
Check out this live version on YouTube. I reckon he dispenses with a good 60% of the consonants a normal person would use:
Too cool for consonants.
After watching an episode of Cadfael on DVD, we found ourselves with time to spare, but no short programmes to watch either on DVD or any of the many fine digital TV channels open to us. Since we had only just recharged our G&Ts, we decided the obvious thing to do was dig out the nearest iPod, slap it into the docking port and hit play in the reassuring shuffle mode. A few minutes in, the iPod produced for our delectation, Chris Isaak performing Blue Hotel. It is clear, that the man has little use for consonants; he gets away with the barest minimum he can to get the idea across. I have never heard anyone pronounce 'hotel' without the 't', but also without an Estuary glottal stop. It's quite fascinating.
Check out this live version on YouTube. I reckon he dispenses with a good 60% of the consonants a normal person would use:
Too cool for consonants.