Originally Posted by tonydancer:
“It's not really off topic as this was part of the thread title. I was waiting to have my annual chuckle at Anton's pronunciation, and he did not disappoint.
What amuses me is not the mistake, but that Anton clearly thinks that he's getting one over on the rest by pronouncing it correctly. He just doesn't quite make it.
It's hard to represent the Brazilian way of saying samba in English letters. It's something like saammhhba, the m is very breathy. Anton has too much 'aa' and not enough 'mm'.”
“It's not really off topic as this was part of the thread title. I was waiting to have my annual chuckle at Anton's pronunciation, and he did not disappoint.
What amuses me is not the mistake, but that Anton clearly thinks that he's getting one over on the rest by pronouncing it correctly. He just doesn't quite make it.
It's hard to represent the Brazilian way of saying samba in English letters. It's something like saammhhba, the m is very breathy. Anton has too much 'aa' and not enough 'mm'.”
Thank you.




