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| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4863 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 1 of 7 02 February 2012 at 12:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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Some time ago I found a Swedish metal band called "Raubtier", and I think that the way
the vocalist sings is quite interesting. Up to that point, everything that I have heard in Swedish sounded quite soft, unlike this stuff. It sounds quite rough, for example rolling all r's, almost like a Finn pronouncing Swedish (I mean somebody whose mother tongue is only Finnish), or trying to make the language sound like some harsh German version. I have heard many dialect samples from both north and south Sweden, but to my (very) limited knowledge, nothing sounds similar to this. I wonder if this is done only for artistic purposes or is it the way these guys speak? the band is from Haparanda. If you need to hear... click here Edited by caam_imt on 02 February 2012 at 12:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6660 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 2 of 7 02 February 2012 at 1:19am | IP Logged | |||||
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He’s not singing in a special dialect, but rather overemphasising his pronunciation. No one speaks like that, but a
lot of metal-bands tend do sing likewise for some reason. That he’s form Norrland can be heard, but I pic that up from his prosody and intonation rather than his overdone r’s. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4863 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 3 of 7 02 February 2012 at 1:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for clearing that up. Is the over-pronunciation also shown in words like "det är"?
It is difficult for me to notice, but it seems that he also pronounces the "t" in det (and of course the "r" in är too), and I have the impression that people just sort of say "de" and drop the "r" too if some other word follows. It is not from that particular song, but it just seems to me that he pronounces every letter, including the ones that I think are dropped in normal speech. Does it sound too clumsy/weird/funny if one speaks like this? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4863 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 4 of 7 02 February 2012 at 1:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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I mean as a beginner (since it's easier to pronounce everything), not that I would
actually want to imitate him :p 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 5 of 7 02 February 2012 at 7:18am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes. Sometimes in song one will pronounce these letters. Usually not, but it's present in some genres. You'll find the same sort of phenomenon in religious psalms, too. Check out this well-known hymn (lyrics included!), for example.
Yes. Edited by Ari on 02 February 2012 at 7:18am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6660 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 6 of 7 02 February 2012 at 12:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
I would suggest not to model your speech on hardcore metal music. People would be scared :P! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4863 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 7 of 7 02 February 2012 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Haha thanks, I'll try my best not to!
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