Does anyone have the sheet music? If the printed lyrics show no
difference in spelling, I could at least conceive that it might be true.
If the lyrics spell out the pronunciation, then I would place it firmly
as an urban legend.
Interestingly, it does not show up on an urban legend Google
Well, in defense of Google and Urban legends, it's not exactly the most
fascinating of Urban Legends. I'd say if it doesn't involve someone getting
seriously hurt, or if it couldn't appear on Mythbusters.
-Scot Hanna-Weir
On 4/10/06 10:58 AM, Robert Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does
On 10 Apr 2006, at 11:58 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
Does anyone have the sheet music? If the printed lyrics show no
difference in spelling,
I believe the printed music spells the words phonetically --
tomato, tomahto, etc.
- Darcy
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In a message dated 10/04/2006 19:26:48 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I
believe the printed music spells the words phonetically -- "tomato,"
"tomahto," etc.
But "tomato" and "tomahto" are both pronounced the same. I don't get
it.
All the best,
Lawrence (who keeps his
As published by Warner Bros, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (copyright 1936,
1937, renewed 1963, 1964 George Gershwin Music and Ira Gershwin Music)
You say ee-ther and I say eye-ther
nee-ther; ny-ther
po-ta-to; po-tah-to
to-ma-to; to-mah-to
pa-ja-mas; pa-jah-mas
laugh-ter; lawf-ter
af-ter; awf-ter
