Pardon My French
"These are a few of my favourite things"
"These are a few of my dreaded bêtes noires" now also with ten syllables, to fit the metre.
Could it be possible that Miss Andrews pronounces "bêtes" and "noires" as two syllable words? (All kidding aside, this is something I often see - or, rather, hear - in French pop music: words spoken as one syllable are often sung as two.)
Miss Vartan, if you please ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfiuaOWjEkI
"These are a few of my favourite things"
"These are a few of my dreaded bêtes noires" now also with ten syllables, to fit the metre.
Could it be possible that Miss Andrews pronounces "bêtes" and "noires" as two syllable words? (All kidding aside, this is something I often see - or, rather, hear - in French pop music: words spoken as one syllable are often sung as two.)
Miss Vartan, if you please ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfiuaOWjEkI