In order to make a rhyme work, sometimes a singer will mis-pronunce a word intentionatly.
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Shower the people
Taylor consistently pronounces 'the' as 'thee' in the title lyric throughout the song. 'The' should only be pronounced 'thee' in front of a word beginning with a vowel. 'People' does not begin with a vowel. Drives me nuts.
Submitted by: Zella
You are a Satanist worshiper of the Devil
She pronounces "devil" as "dee-val" to make it fit the rhythm.
Submitted by: Jess
England swings like a pendulum do
The word "England" is mispronounced throughout the song as "Engerland," probably to fit the meter of the song.
Submitted by: crazydon
The Eligibles', "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"
"like Robinson Crusoe"
Crusoe is mispronounced as "Ca-RU-so"
Submitted by: Matt
In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the maritime sailors' cathedral
Lightfoot pronounces "Detroit" as de-TROY-ut to fit the rhythm of the song.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
Oasis',
"Cigarettes and Alcohol"
I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
'Action' is pronounced as 'Ac-shee-on' and 'Sunshine' is pronounced as 'Sun-shee-ine'
Submitted by: Julia the classy
...At Waimea Bay
Everybodys gone surfin'
Surfin USA!
I live in Hawaii, and it's not "Wai-ah-mee-ah" Bay. It's "Wy-may-ah"!
Submitted by: Aleahcim
A brilliant Red Barchetta
Bar-CHetta is an Italian word pronounced Bar-Ketta.
Submitted by: Dana
Took a whole lotta trying
A-just to get up that hill
When I was younger, I used to watch "The Jeffersons". And somehow, "trying" has been mispronounced as "too-rye-ing"
Submitted by: Mickey D.
I will give you encouragement
to choose the path that you want
She pronounces "encouragement" to make it rhyme with "want", so it is like "encouragemant"
Submitted by: Mattias
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