Theres no need for an excuse to post Otis Redding, but this time its as an example for a question. I dont know if linguists or speech specialists have a name for this phenomenon, but if you listen youll notice that every time Otis says yes I am, he says it yes I (r)am, adding an r sound. I have noticed this with other singers too, and last night I heard it on a Louis Armstrong recording. Basically, its adding an r sound between two syllables where the first ends in a vowel sound and the next starts with one. Ive only heard it from African American singers, and the ones I can think of off the top of my head all grew up in the South. I dont remember hearing a similar thing in conversation, though, so it seems to have something to do with singing those syllables. A woman in the vocal workshop I take sang Blue Skies, and every time she sang hurryin by it was hurry(r)in by. But this Otis recording is the first time I think I noticed it, some years ago, and its the best example I can think of. Any ideas about the source/explanation of this phenomenon?
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:56:24 +0000
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