Seryoga Nasalizes his Vowels
Ok -- I might be stupid.
That being made clear, does it seem to you that Seryoga's {O} sounds are being nasalized?
For instance, the word "champion," coming at around 1:06, as well as the word immediately following.
Here's the clip:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=42bDzr4vCOc
There are few other instances throughout.
Do you agree with my assessment -- do you think he's saying the vowels rather nasally/atypically?
If so -- is this stylistic? Or just a reflection of his Belorusian roots...?
Re: Seryoga Nasalizes his Vowels
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Originally Posted by Trzeci_Wymiar
If so -- is this stylistic?
Yes it is. It's the manner of speaking of all sorts of гопота и шпана and those of the new Russians that come from that milieu. I don't know what you call them in English. "Punks," "riff-raff". I think you know what I mean. Especially the famous way they pronounce "понял". Sort of like a nasalized "поял". "Поял?!" "Ты чё, не поял?" "Я не поял: какие проблемы?"