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From:  dorisopran@a...
dorisopran@a...
Date:  Tue Oct 31, 2000  10:58 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] fake accents help


In a message dated 10/31/00 4:27:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
csdonnell@m... writes:
csdonnell@m... writes:

<< I make them speak to each
other or read passages with fish lips and try to "sound French." They soon
understand the forwardness of the language and the need for mobility of the
lips. It's a good icebreaker if nothing else. >>


Oh, Cindy, you just gave me a flashback to my undergrad days!! I'm in a
classroom in Mannes College, and Mme. Kalir is saying, "Oh, Doris, you are so
lazy lipped!!" (superimpose a Parisian accent on that quote!)

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