JH song.
Our daughter Lena studied English, so did we. A song of love and lust using plenty of linguistics lingo.
lyrics
Labiodental Fricative Love Affair Jan Hauenstein
Aka You Make Me Want To Howl (A Near-Close Near-Front Rounded Vowel)
(F) (C) (G) (F) (C) (G) (F) (C) (G)
Your (F)labio(C)dental (G)fricative,
So bene(F)dictively (C)cardio(G)active,
Com(F)bustive(C)ly em(G)brasive,
(Em)Can I (Am)close the (D)gap
With a (F)late(Gm)ral (Bb)alve(Ab)olar (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)flap?(G)(G)(hold)
Your (F)pre(C)nasalized (G)consonant,
(F)Jubi(C)lantly (G)sibilant,
So de(F)fiant(C)ly (G)dissonant,
(Em)You leave (Am)me no (D)choice,
I (F)love your (Gm)breathy (Bb)rhinoglotto(Ab)philiac (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)voice.(G)(G)(hold)
(Em)You (Am)make me want to (D)howl
A (F)near-close (C)near-front rounded (D)vowel,
(Em)My broom (Am)needs a (D)duster,
Let´s (Eb)hide in that consonant (D)cl(Eb)us(D)(hold)ter.(D)(D)(hold)
(F)Your bi(C)labial (G)click
(F)Always (C)does the trick (G)double quick,
(F)Makes me want to (C)shake my (G)walking stick,
(Em)How it (Am)makes my brain go (D)pop,
I´ll (F)give you my (Gm)best (Bb)epi(Ab)glottal (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)stop.(G)(G)(hold)
Your (F)clefting (C)palatal e(G)jective,
Ob(F)jective(C)ly de(G)fective,
(F)Lends a con(C)nective per(G)spective.
I (Em)need you (Am)in my happy (D)home
With your (F)pulmonically (Gm)plosive (Bb)pho(Ab)netic (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)palindrome.(G)(G)(hold)
(Em)You (Am)make me want to (D)howl
A phono(F)logically a(C)ware circumflected (D)vowel,
Your (Em)monophthongic (Am)extrametri(D)cality
(Eb)Reeks of oxytonic sexu(D)a(Eb)li(D)(hold)ty.(D)(D)(hold)
Your (F)pitch-vari(C)ated (G)trill
With (F)nary a (C)dental into(G)nation spill
(F)Makes me want to (C)climb the (G)hard palate hill,
(Em)And then (Am)cross the strictured (D)bridge
That (F)leads to (Gm)your (Bb)alve(Ab)olar (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)ridge.(G)(G)(hold)
But your (F)voiced (C)dental im(D)plosive,
(C)Isn´t it just a (D)tad cor(Em)rosive?
And your (Am)vowel rounded(D)ness (G)does not (G/F#)really (Em)sing,
(F)Gimme back that (C)diamond en(D)gagement ring!
(C)Keep your voiced (D)retroflex (Em)affricates,
I (Am)say good(D)(hold)bye with (C)duplex per(D7)ception re(G)grets.
Belatedly dedicated to Lena for passing her English exam in style,
and, to an enunciatedly lesser degree, to Noam Chomsky and Professor Gardner.
Jan Hauenstein, Roemoe, Denmark, finished Göttingen, 19 March 2009
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