Elle Cordova puts a beat on medicinal rat-a-tat

April 2, 2024 @ 4:10 pm · Filed by under Language and medicine, Language and music

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Another version:

François Lang:

Her diction and memory are amazing. It really reminds me of the Major-General's patter song from The Pirates of Penzance.

 

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April 2, 2024 @ 4:10 pm · Filed by under Language and medicine, Language and music


5 Comments

  1. Y said,

    April 2, 2024 @ 5:46 pm

    @myl — does she really say "ducks"? (At about 0:30.)

  2. JPL said,

    April 2, 2024 @ 7:52 pm

    @Y:

    I thought I noticed a bit of labio-dental articulation at about that point. (It would make more sense than the apico-alveolar would.) She ought to try rapping.

  3. Y said,

    April 2, 2024 @ 10:36 pm

    I couldn't tell if used the euphemism in her speech, or just in the subtitles.

  4. Hector said,

    April 3, 2024 @ 8:04 am

    I love it, but I don't get all the admiring comments about *memory* — the whole video is 38 seconds long.

  5. Francois Lang said,

    April 3, 2024 @ 12:43 pm

    I should have said that it reminds me of Tom Lehrer's "The Elements", which is a parody of the Major-General's song!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3NOQnsQM

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