Can you pronounce thriller > thrila in a song text?

Ilpoxi · 10-20-2018, 03:42 PM

I'm not a native English speaker and I wonder if I can pronounce thriller > "thrila" in a song text?

Is it okay and doesn't sound like an error when spoken? (it will be still written "thriller" in the lyrics)

I know that for example "mister" can be "mista" when spoken.

I wish to get answers from native English speakers.

The Batlord · 10-20-2018, 03:43 PM

I mean yeah sure. No reason you couldn't.

**Janszoon** · 10-20-2018, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilpoxi

I'm not a native English speaker and I wonder if I can pronounce thriller > "thrila" in a song text?

Is it okay and doesn't sound like an error when spoken? (it will be still written "thriller" in the lyrics)

I know that for example "mister" can be "mista" when spoken.

I wish to get answers from native English speakers.

Sure, but it would be “thrilla” not “thrila”. Spelling it with one L implies a long I sound rather than the short I found in “thriller”.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 10-20-2018, 05:42 PM

Go for it [with 2 L's, as mentioned above]. Going for a slant rhyme in your lyrics?

Blarobbarg · 10-20-2018, 05:49 PM

It's just a matter of dialect. I'm from the American south, so sometimes words I say will sound different than the way someone from another part of the country will say it. Dialect, accent, and manner of speech is not a problem when asking if you CAN speak in a certain way. You should be fine.

Mondo Bungle · 10-20-2018, 05:55 PM

Ilpoxi · 10-21-2018, 01:11 AM

Ok, thanks for the answers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by [MERIT]

Go for it [with 2 L's, as mentioned above]. Going for a slant rhyme in your lyrics?

Indeed it's about rhyming:

Fill in the bar
like a thriller

Lisnaholic · 10-21-2018, 07:13 AM

Good and bad news from me, I'm afraid, Ilpoxi !

Firstly, the good news: as a Brit, I would certainly pronounce "thriller" as "thrilla". It wouldn't, however be a very accurate rhyme with "bar", which I presume sounds very similar to "car" and "are", with a longer, more rounded vowel sound. Actually, imo, a rhyme which is not a precise match is often more effective than a predictable, perfect match. I'd say that matching moon and June, tears and fears is not going to make for good lyrics.

I'm no lyric writer, but reading your lyric, I wonder about the natural stress of the words. I hope this conveys how your couplet would naturally sound in spoken British English:-

FILL inda BAAR
LYK a THRILLa

( The last syllable of thriller is short and very unstressed, exactly like the single word "a" in the middle of the same line. )

Good luck !

Ilpoxi · 10-21-2018, 10:44 AM

Thank you for a good analysis and actual aspects, I appreciate that. But I'll be satisfied with the rhyming of just long A vowels.

By the way, maybe it's about how you decide to say it in a song (if you don't think about the stress factors in the spoken language):

FILLIN DABAAR
LYK-A THRILLAA

(?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Good and bad news from me, I'm afraid, Ilpoxi !

Firstly, the good news: as a Brit, I would certainly pronounce "thriller" as "thrilla". It wouldn't, however be a very accurate rhyme with "bar", which I presume sounds very similar to "car" and "are", with a longer, more rounded vowel sound. Actually, imo, a rhyme which is not a precise match is often more effective than a predictable, perfect match. I'd say that matching moon and June, tears and fears is not going to make for good lyrics.

I'm no lyric writer, but reading your lyric, I wonder about the natural stress of the words. I hope this conveys how your couplet would naturally sound in spoken British English:-

FILL inda BAAR
LYK a THRILLa

( The last syllable of thriller is short and very unstressed, exactly like the single word "a" in the middle of the same line. )

Good luck !

Blarobbarg · 10-21-2018, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilpoxi

Thank you for a good analysis and actual aspects, I appreciate that. But I'll be satisfied with the rhyming of just long A vowels.

By the way, maybe it's about how you decide to say it in a song (if you don't think about the stress factors in the spoken language):

FILLIN DABAAR
LYK-A THRILLAA

(?)

If I'm pronouncing this right in my head, those two things DO sound like they should go together as a slant rhyme. Unorthodox, but I like it.

10-20-2018, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ilpoxi Groupie Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Oulu Posts: 11	Can you pronounce thriller > thrila in a song text? I'm not a native English speaker and I wonder if I can pronounce thriller > "thrila" in a song text? Is it okay and doesn't sound like an error when spoken? (it will be still written "thriller" in the lyrics) I know that for example "mister" can be "mista" when spoken. I wish to get answers from native English speakers.

10-21-2018, 07:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Good and bad news from me, I'm afraid, Ilpoxi ! Firstly, the good news: as a Brit, I would certainly pronounce "thriller" as "thrilla". It wouldn't, however be a very accurate rhyme with "bar", which I presume sounds very similar to "car" and "are", with a longer, more rounded vowel sound. Actually, imo, a rhyme which is not a precise match is often more effective than a predictable, perfect match. I'd say that matching moon and June, tears and fears is not going to make for good lyrics. I'm no lyric writer, but reading your lyric, I wonder about the natural stress of the words. I hope this conveys how your couplet would naturally sound in spoken British English:- FILL inda BAAR LYK a THRILLa ( The last syllable of thriller is short and very unstressed, exactly like the single word "a" in the middle of the same line. ) Good luck ! __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Go for it [with 2 L's, as mentioned above]. Going for a slant rhyme in your lyrics?

10-20-2018, 05:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	It's just a matter of dialect. I'm from the American south, so sometimes words I say will sound different than the way someone from another part of the country will say it. Dialect, accent, and manner of speech is not a problem when asking if you CAN speak in a certain way. You should be fine.