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Old 05-17-2011, 01:59 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Default Pidgin English real lyrics

It is interesting to note that all lyrics sites reckon the end lyric is "PS I Love You".

Listening more carefully I am convinced that the lyric is actually "BS I Love You". This would also tie in with the cynical message of the song.

The phoneme before S you will notice has no aspiration, which is the defining characteristic of the P sound. You can hear proper aspirated Ps in the PPS I.L.O.V.E.Y.O.U. of What Would The Loved Ones Say. You cannot hear the aspiration in Pidgin English, however, so it sounds like "BS" and I am positive that it is.

Thoughts? (if anybody actually gives a damn or has ever heard the song aside from my and Bulldog!)
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