[78-L] Norah, was What's a cubit?

[David Lennick]

Some folks have a problem eliding vowels..Nat King Cole inserted an "r" between 
"by" and "a" in The Christmas Song ("and yuletide carols by a choir" or 
whatever the line is).

dl

On 9/30/2013 3:28 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> Mahalia Jackson also refers to Noah as Norah on her Columbia recording of "Didn't It Rain".
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> On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:15:40 -0400
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: [78-L] What's a cubit?
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>> Transferring a lot of gospel 78s these days (I've been saved so much I got
>> redemption stockpiled for the rest of my life), and some of these preachers get
>> pretty creative in their pronunciation. Rev. E. D. Campbell, on Victor 21535,
>> has Norah (Noah) being instructed to build that ark "50 Cubans high".
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