I can't catch a few words, please help.

[CarloSsS]

Can you please help me make out a the words marked "[...]"? I wasn't able to make them out. The singer is from the north of Ireland and his pronunciation is a little unusual. The passage is only a few seconds long and begins at 0:55 and ends at 1:13.

Tell me about your [...] .
Have you any doubt
You need to change and rearrange,
And start speaking out loud.

Is this [...]?
Does it make you proud ?
...

 

[birdeen's call]

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[CarloSsS]

Just out of curiosity, can anybody catch the words I wasn't able to? I'd really like to know if it's even possible to make them out because even though the singer is a native English speaker, I find his pronunciation of those words very unusual. Thanks anybody for giving it a try, I appreciate it.

 

[birdeen's call]

I didn't understand those words. He seems to omit ens before esses, which is new to me.

 

[CarloSsS]

I didn't understand those words. He seems to omit ens before esses, which is new to me.

Thank you for trying BC. It's strange, though because he pronounces most of the words more or less as I'd expect. Anyway, I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't make them out. Does anybody else care to give it a try? Preferably someone who is not familiar with the accents of Northern Ireland.

 

[tzfujimino]

I couldn't. It takes some getting used to, I guess.:-D

 

[CarloSsS]

Would a native speaker give it a try please? The passage lasts only a few seconds, and only 3 words and I'd like to know whether or not a native will struggle with this too.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Does anybody else care to give it a try? Preferably someone who is not familiar with the accents of Northern Ireland.

I'm not familiar with accents of Northern Ireland, but I almost got it... well sort of. I looked at the lyrics page first and saw that the first word was frustrations. I must admit that his pronunciation of "frustrations" is rather weird, but again, I don't know how people talk in Northern Ireland, so perhaps this is normal.

Is this [another invitation]? That's what I thought he said, after listening to it a couple of times, but apparently it was "an open" and not "another".

On the whole, I found it rather difficult to decipher what he said. I usually don't have to listen to a recording more than once to understand what is said, so if I listen to something five times and I still get it wrong, it's pretty tough in my opinion.

 

[birdeen's call]

Right, there's no diphthong in his "open".

 

[SlickVic9000]

(Not a Teacher)

I couldn't really decipher it, even though I'm a native speaker. The way he pronounces many of the words in that clip are way out there. I don't think it's the North Ireland accent, I think it's just that he's taking some "artistic license" with the pronunciation.